A Nowra who pleaded guilty to the attempted robbery of an East Nowra service station while armed with a knife and breaking into a nursing home has been jailed for five years.
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David Pierce Hammond, 46, of Kalandar Street, appeared before Judge David Frearson in Nowra District Court on Wednesday, pleading guilty of assault with intent to rob armed with an offensive weapon.
The court heard Hammond approached the Mobile Service Station on Kalandar Street, East Nowra about 2.20am on August 3, 2014 and attempting to rob the console operator while armed with a knife.
The service station attendant armed himself with a metal bar, striking Hammond in the arm before he allegedly fled empty handed.
The court was told a detective, who was at Nowra Local Court on an unrelated matter the following day, identified Hammond as being at the court precinct.
Following investigations, police executing a search warrant at a home in Kalandar Street about 8.40pm on August 4 where Hammond was found in possession of a number of items including a tablet computer, two 16 gig micro SD cards, a USB charger, internet dongles and a card reader, suspected of being stolen.
A charge of aggravated enter dwelling with intent to commit a serious indictable offence knowing persons were in the dwelling, after Hammond also broke into as nearby nursing home, was also taken into account during his sentencing.
The court heard Hammond forced entry, through a rear door of the Jonathan Rogers House aged care facility in Wallace Street, Nowra around 9pm on August 2, 2014.
He allegedly had his face concealed and confronted a resident, forcing her into her room while it was ransacked.
The woman was able to activate a silent duress alarm and Hammond left a short time later.
He approached another room, where the resident had a companion dog, which barked at him.
Nursing staff confronted him and he was removed from the facility.
Police said a short time later he was involved in the attempted robbery at the service station.
In both incidents his actions were captured on CCTV.
Judge Frearson sentenced Hammond to five years and six months’ jail from August 4, 2014, with a non-parole period of two years and six months.
He will be eligible for parole on February 3, 2017.
