‘Friendly’ mugger books jail time

A serial robber who befriended strangers before marching them to the nearest cashpoint machine is facing jail. Jonathan Bristol, 28, mugged at least eight men, in their teens and early 20s, while on licence after serving a three year sentence for a spate of offences across north London. Bristol politely chatted to his victims at first, but his demeanour would change and he would claim to be armed with a knife while accomplices were lurking nearby. His latest robberies happened…