A man has been jailed after he stole a man’s wallet while flaunting an air weapon.
Florin Stircan, 35, had been drinking at a bar in Lincoln Road, Peterborough, on 14 July earlier this year.
At about 11pm he began to “help” a man who had been in his group to get a taxi, walking with him until they were out of sight.
They went to Oxford Road where Stircan showed the man the air weapon and took his watch and wallet.
Police were called and he was arrested a short time later in Lincoln Road.
Stircan, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm and theft.
He was on Wednesday (23 November) sentenced at Peterborough Crown Court to 15 months in prison.
DC Mark Clapham said: “Florin armed himself with a weapon – which to an untrained eye, or from a distance, looked like a viable firearm – with the intention of intimidating people.
“From the start his behaviour was aggressive, resulting in firearms officers being deployed to prevent anyone from being harmed.”
