Nottingham robber jailed for 13 years after machete attack on teenager

Theo Gottshalk, 20, has been jailed for 13 years after threatening a teenager with a machete and stealing his phone and jewellery in Nottingham. Police bodycam footage shows officers Taser him inside a crowded McDonald’s as he tried to flee arrest, highlighting the danger posed by carrying a large blade in a public place.

The robbery took place on 9 September last year in Woolpack Lane. Gottshalk was recognised on a bus six weeks later and followed into the restaurant, where a three-foot machete fell from his trousers when he was Tasered; officers also found cannabis deal bags. He was convicted of robbery, possessing a knife in public and possessing cannabis with intent to supply, and admitted two other robberies and possessing a converted blank-firing pistol.