‘Hugger Mugger’ gets 30 months
A ‘hugger mugger’ who preyed on Christmas shoppers in the West End has been jailed for 30 months. Junior Hotete, 19, stole a chain worth £2,000, which was found by police around his neck, a Gucci belt worth £300 and a phone worth £1,300. Prosecutor Jonathan Rosen said: ‘Layton Poore was in Charing Cross, he had spent the evening at a nightclub which he left at 4.30am on 23 October. ‘He walked to Villiers Street, where he was approached by…