A thug from Anerley who stabbed a minicab driver in Thornton Heath has been jailed for seven years for two violent robberies. 

Sapha Singh, 32, of Tremaine Road, was sentenced to seven years in total for two separate attacks by Harrow Crown Court yesterday (July 15).

He was previously found guilty at the Old Bailey.

The first robbery took place on July 13 last year just after midnight, when Singh called a minicab firm to take him from Thornton Heath to Wandsworth.

When the cab arrived Singh and a woman got in demanding to be taken to two address and threw a £20 note at the driver.

When they were told the fare would be more, Singh got out, opened the driver’s door and took the keys from the ignition saying “give me money”.

MORE TOP STORIES The 42-year-old driver handed over £60, but Singh then smashed a whiskey bottle on the car and stabbed him twice in the arm.

Singh and the woman ran off and caught a bus.

He was traced through phone records and CCTV, and was arrested the day after the attack.

Singh also admitted to a second offence at Harrow Crown Court last Friday (July 10).

Singh and his brother, Carlton, 28, pleaded guilty to a violent robbery on June 22 last year in Middlesex.

The brothers attacked and robbed a 35-year-old man who was punched and kicked to the ground before his van keys were stolen.

Both were detained by police after a chase.

Singh was sentenced to three years and six months for each offence to run consecutively.

Detective Constable Eric Somerville, from Croydon police's CID, said: "Sapha Singh acted in a violent and aggressive manor to a man just doing his job.

"Police will always seek to identify and put violent offenders such as Singh before the courts so that they can face justice.”