Kyle Edmonds had been with a 17-year-old and another man when they attacked a man on his bike in Shrewsbury in July 2023

A former Royal Engineer who committed a violent robbery in Shrewsbury with a youth and then went on to commit a series of domestic violence offences has been jailed.

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Kyle Edmonds, aged 30, now of Heathgate Avenue, Liverpool, had been with a 17-year-old and another man when they attacked a man on his bike in Shrewsbury in July 2023, Shrewsbury Crown Court heard on Friday (November 13).

The court heard that Edmonds, the youth and the third man - who was never identified - were in an Audi A5 when they began to pursue a young man heading to work on his bike just before 5am on July 24.

The three men forced the cyclist off his bike by driving towards him. After the man jumped off his bike Edmonds, the 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, and the unidentified man brutally punched and kicked the cyclist.

The court was shown CCTV footage recorded at a nearby commercial premises that showed the trio kicking and punching the man on the ground for around four minutes.

They then ordered him to hand over his coat and mobile phone before the three of them drove off in the Audi.

The court was told that the victim recognised the 17-year-old and named him to the police. He was later arrested along with Edmonds, who owned the Audi A5; both went on to admit the robbery.

The court was then told that following that incident Edmonds was arrested and charged with intentional strangulation and criminal damage, after a violent row with his girlfriend in her car on June 1 last year.

He was then subsequently charged with harassing the woman after she ended their relationship, threatening to “finish what he started” in February this year. He went on to admit all charges.

The court was then told the 17-year-old youth, now aged 20, who had been with Edmonds in the robbery in 2023 went on to commit a further attempted robbery on June 12 this year.

He attempted to steal a man’s £2,000 mountain bike in Shropshire at around midnight but was stopped by the bike’s owner.

Despite being repeatedly punched, the man refused to let go off his bike, and the youth fled but was later arrested and admitted attempted robbery.

In defending Edmonds, Rosemary Proctor told the court that the defendant had begun criminality after leaving the Royal Engineers following three years’ service.

“When he left he found himself with too much free time and found himself at a loss,” she said.

Judge Trevor Meegan told both defendants that the initial robbery was the most serious offence, which involved "significant violence”.

He told Edmonds he would give him credit for his military service, but that military service did not “excuse criminality”.

Edmonds was jailed for a total of four years and four months for both the robbery and domestic violence offences and slapped with a restraining order prohibiting him from contacting his former girlfriend.

The court was told the youth has accumulated 10 convictions but had come from a care background.

The judge said he would take account of his age of the time of the first robbery but added “only a custodial sentence can be justified” saying he was a “high risk” of reoffending.

He was handed four years in custody for both robbery offences.