Thief Who Pushed Woman From Speeding Car Jailed
A thief who pushed a woman out of a speeding car has been jailed for three and a half years.
Ross Cummins, 28, nudged petrified Chinese student Ying Wang out of a motor near Edinburgh's Maybury Casino in October 2014.
The high court in the city heard how the scholar, who lives in the capital, was trying to recover a handbag which Cummins had stolen at the time of the terrifying incident.
The crook's pal Wayne Affleck, 25, was driving at 20 miles per hour when the woman struck the concrete on Maybury Road. She was dragged for 100 metres along the road.
When police arrested the pair following the crime, they discovered that Cummins had committed another two armed robberies in the Edinburgh area.
Between September 29 2014 and October 1 2014, the thug also targeted a Carphone Warehouse shop and threatened two scared staff members with a blade. He got away with six iPhone 6 mobile phones and 500 cash in the raid.
He also targeted the Cashino amusement arcade in the city's Nicolson Street and used a Burberry scarf to mask his face.
Cummins - who was on bail from Edinburgh Sheriff Court on theft and assault by threat charges at the time of his offences - stole 260 in gaming tokens after threatening two staff members there with a six inch knife.
On Wednesday, judge Lord Glennie caged Cummins and sentenced Affleck to 180 hours community service. Passing sentence, the judge told Cummins: "You have committed very serious offences which have had terrifying effects on those who you targeted."