Jail for romance robber

A teenage romance fraudster pulled a knife on an older man after meeting him online. Ashley Jackson, 19, went out with the man in his 40s in Hackney on 11 November 2022 and they spent time together before Jackson produced the knife from his sleeve and demanded money. He took £180 in cash before calling a taxi and leaving. He was arrested on 15 November. He was sentenced today at Snaresbrook Crown Court to three years and 10 months imprisonment…