A Welshpool man who imprisoned his frail grandmother in a freezing cold shed and then went to her home and stole her cash, has been jailed for 18 months.
A Welshpool man who imprisoned his frail grandmother in a freezing cold shed and then went to her home and stole her cash, has been jailed for 18 months.
The victim, 62-year-old Dorothy Harrison, feared she would be left in the shed all night but fortunately a neighbour heard her cries for help and freed her, Mold Crown Court heard.
The neighbour had phoned police three times after hearing noises, but when officers arrived they had been unable to find anything amiss.
Richard Harrison, 21, of Oldford Close, Welshpool, admitted false imprisonment, damage and theft.
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