Enfield teens sentenced after trying to steal motorbike from judge

The Enfield teenagers were with a third suspect as they rode into the grounds of Snaresbrook Crown Court on two mopeds on April 16 last year.

They saw a BMW R 1250GS Adventure TE Rallye and tried to steal the bike.

A security guard tried to intervene before Shay Hollis, 18, of Harrow Drive, pulled out a machete and threatened him.

Hollis and Deon-Dre Rogers-Barrett, 19, of Ashdown Road, pushed the bike away from the court after the security guard retreated inside.

Shay Hollis and Deon-Dre Rogers-Barrett on their mopeds (Image: Met Police)

But the teenagers were trapped inside the grounds after security shut the gates – leading them to dump the motorbike, their own mopeds, angle grinder and the machete before climbing the fence and fleeing the scene.

The motorbike was damaged as they fled, causing damages worth thousands of pounds.

The discarded items were traced back to the defendants, and Hollis and Rogers-Barrett were arrested on May 27 last year.

Deon-Dre Rogers-Barrett denied knowing Hollis (Image: Met Police)

Rogers-Barrett had called the police 90 minutes after the robbery to falsely report he was robbed at knifepoint of his moped and phone before the incident at Snaresbrook.

However CCTV footage and the phone found at his address during the arrest disproved his claim.

When interviewed he denied knowing Hollis at all.

Rogers-Barrett was sentenced to 21 months' imprisonment, suspended for 18 months. He was ordered to complete 25 days rehabilitation activity and was given a three-month curfew monitored by electronic tag. He was ordered to pay £500 compensation to the victim. He had previously pleaded guilty to robbery and not guilty to affray.

Hollis was sentenced to an 18-month supervision order. He was ordered to carry out 12 hours of unpaid work and to pay £500 compensation to the victim. He had previously pleaded guilty to robbery, criminal damage, threatening a person in a public place with an offensive weapon and affray.

Shay Hollis was sentenced to an 18 month supervision order (Image: Met Police)

The third suspect has not been identified.

PC Ian Croxford, from the Met's Operation Venice, said: "They were intent on stealing a valuable motorcycle in an attempt that can only be described as brazen and audacious. To ride into the grounds of a Crown Court and try this shows a flagrant disregard for the law.

"That the brave security staff who challenged them were threatened with a machete shows they were not afraid to use violence to get what they wanted.”