Carl Parkinson and his accomplices assaulted a member of staff after stealing hundreds of pounds of designer goods A thug was found hiding in a Wendy house armed with knives after attacking a member of staff at Go Outdoors. Carl Parkinson and his accomplice David Grey assaulted the worker as a third defendant, Julie O'Brien, attempted to steal hundreds of pounds of luxury goods from the store. He was later apprehended in possession of two weapons inside a kids' playhouse after a dad spotted the intruder lurking in his garden remotely on CCTV while his wife and children remained at home.
It came after the serial offender bit a prison officer in the leg during another spell behind bars. Liverpool Crown Court heard yesterday, Monday, that O'Brien entered Go Outdoors on Rimrose Road in Bootle on May 1 this year and took three designer coats worth a combined total of nearly £700. When she attempted to leave without paying, the 55-year-old, of Sandfield Road, was challenged by staff and shouted to Parkinson and Grey - who were stationed outside the shop.
Gerald Baxter, prosecuting, described how the latter intervened and enabled the thief to escape. O'Brien then passed the stolen loot to a fourth defendant, Stephen Cunningham, who was handed a 14-month imprisonment suspended for 18 months on an earlier occasion. He was able to run away with the goods, but dropped two of the coats in the street.
When one worker attempted to retrieve the items, Grey "pushed him up against a wall" an.