3ft machete tumbles from robber's trousers as he is Tasered fleeing police in a busy Nottingham McDonald's
Theo Gottshalk, who also admitted two Birmingham robberies and possessing a converted blank-firing pistol, was jailed for 13 years for the machete robbery and related offences.Theo Gottshalk being arrested after wrestling with four officers in a Nottingham McDonald's, where a three-foot machete tumbled from his trousers.
Theo Gottshalk, 20, of Forest Fields, received a 13-year extended sentence at Birmingham Crown Court. On Woolpack Lane, he told a teenage victim that he would 'chop' his arm off if he did not hand over his phone, leaving with the device, a bracelet and a chain. Several weeks on, a bus passenger in Nottingham recognised him. Bodycam footage shows him wrestling with four officers, his shirt coming off in the struggle before he bolted for the exit.
The red-handled machete matched the description his young victim had given police.
He also admitted two Birmingham robberies and carrying a converted blank-firing pistol.
Detective Constable Ben Grayson called him 'a callous and violent criminal'.
