Tyler Sank, 20, pleads guilty to attempted robbery at Eastern Heights

An Ipswich man spent a month in jail after he was involved in a terrifying attack on a 14-year-old boy riding his scooter.

A young man spent 30 days in jail after being involved in an attempted armed robbery.

A BOY out riding his scooter had a frightening encounter with two young males who tried to rob him of his wheels.

An Ipswich court this week heard one of the young offenders held a knife but the 14-year-old rider was able to flee the scene, in suburban Ipswich.

The older offender appeared from jail via video-link for sentence at Ipswich District Court on Thursday afternoon.

Tyler Leonard Sank, 20, from Goodna, pleaded guilty to attempted armed robbery when in company at Eastern Heights on July 22 last year.

Sank was aged 19 at the time and the victim aged 14. His co-accused who had the knife was aged 16.

Crown prosecutor Clayton Wallis said Sank was regarded as being a youthful offender but has history with some underlying substance use issues.

He said Sank was already on a probation order but he had shown resistance to the supervision.

He been held in custody for the past 30 days.

Mr Wallis said the crime before the court involved a child victim and a knife had been produced at the “tail end” of the robbery attempt.

“He (Sank) was the instigator. He put the robbery attempt in motion but he was not armed,” Mr Wallis said.

“He lied initially and denied being involved. It was a fleeting incident and yielded no benefit to the pair.

“It was a street robbery. One of stupidity to rob a 14-year-old of his scooter.”

The Crown sought an 18-month probation order, with Mr Wallis saying Sank’s “30-day stint in prison will sharply focus his mind so that he will not risk going back into custody”.

Defence barrister Allana Davie said Sank’s actions were “stupid”.

“It was an act out of anger is what he told the police in interview,” she said.

“It was give me the scooter. A person produces a knife and tells him to run away.”

Judge Dennis Lynch QC said Sank had tried to grab the scooter and his co-accused was seen to have a curved knife.

His co-accused had told the victim to run.

Judge Lynch told Sank he was prepared to give him a supervised probation order but he must agree to comply with its conditions.

“It is an opportunity for you to avoid a different type of order,” he said.

“In light of the period spent in custody your compliance may be improved by that experience.”

Judge Lynch sentenced him to an 18-month probation order. No conviction was recorded.