Kieran Davies jailed for pulling knife on couple in their Tenambit home
A good Samaritan who came to the aid of man at the front door of his Maitland home asking for help was confronted by a knife and robbed of his car.
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A man who cried wolf claiming he was being chased by someone, before pulling a knife on a good Samaritan has been sent to jail for the next year and a half.
A court has heard a dog began to bark as Kieran Davies, 32, approached a home in Tenambit, Maitland, with an elderly couple inside on an evening in February last year before he said “I need help, I’m being chased by someone”.
Despite his wife suspecting “something wasn’t right” and locking herself in the bedroom, the man kindly got him a glass of water before he was confronted with a 25cm knife as he turned around.
The court heard the 32-year-old was standing half a metre away from the elderly man and said “where’s the keys to your car?”.
Fearing he would be stabbed he pointed to a key hook where Davies snatched the car keys to a Holden Commodore parked in the driveway before taking off.
The couple immediately called triple-0 and contacted police when he fled.
The court heard Davies was also responsible for stealing a ute from a home in Tenambit on January 27 which was full of tools worth close to $18,000.
He was arrested on February 15 at a home in Weston and when searched by police they found the keys to the Commodore in his pocket.
Davies pleaded guilty in the local court to larceny, aggravated enter dwelling with intent to steal and take and drive a conveyance without consent.
In Newcastle District Court on Tuesday, Judge Penelope Hock sentenced Davies to four years jail with a non-parole period of two years and two months.
With time already served, he’ll be eligible for released in August next year.
Ms Hock said Davies was on conditional liberty at the time of the offending and had an extensive criminal history littered with assault, traffic and larceny offences, some of which he had already been jailed for.
But she accepted the offence appeared to be “opportunistic” and there was some evidence of remorse.
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