Posted on the 15th October 2025 in PHTM News

KNIFEPOINT ROBBER SENTENCED TO 76 MONTHS IN JAIL FOR ASSAULTING CABBIE IN WORCESTER

Paul Sheward, 38, has been sentenced to six years and four months in prison at Worcester Crown Court for a knifepoint robbery and assault on a taxi driver.

Sheward, of no fixed abode, previously pleaded guilty to robbery and two counts of possession of a bladed article in a public place.

The attack, which involved an accomplice, occurred around 7pm on Friday, September 13, 2024, on Foxwell Street in Worcester. The assailants wrongly believed the driver "had drugs in his car."

Sheward threatened the driver with a knife, stealing "around £100 cash and a mobile phone."

Police were able to identify Sheward after finding "discarded shopping" at the scene. CCTV footage from the Tesco on London Road showed "a man matching the attacker’s description purchasing the shopping," which led to his positive identification.

Sheward was arrested on September 16, 2024, where he was "again found to have a knife on him," resulting in the second bladed article charge.

He received six years and four months for the robbery, with concurrent sentences of eight and ten months for the two counts of possession of a bladed article.

Det Con Cameron Chamberlain, of Worcester Reactive CID, commented on the sentence: “Violent offenders and bladed articles have no place in our communities, and this court result shows we will always seek to prosecute those committing such offences and bring them to justice."

He added that “Sheward’s cowardly robbery on the taxi driver has rightly seen him given more than six years in prison and is another knife carrying criminal off our streets.”

 

 


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