A TEENAGE mugger who carried out a second street robbery just two days after being given bail by a youth court in Huddersfield has been locked up for four years.

Drunken 16-year-old Clive Martindale was still wearing his electronic tag when he and his accomplice attacked 45-year-old Richard Crowther after he left a pub at Bradford Road near Fartown.

At the time of the mugging in April, Martindale, of Back Beech Terrace, Fartown, was already facing charges of robbery and house burglary.

Prosecutor Ewan McLachlan said the teenager had initially been remanded in custody following the earlier incidents in March, but on April 9 he was granted bail with conditions of residence and an electronically-monitored curfew between 8pm and 7am.

Mr McLachlan told Bradford Crown Court yesterday that two days after being released on bail, Mr Crowther was attacked by Martindale and another man.

Both men were wearing their hoods up when the robbery took place at about 9.30pm.

Mr McLachlan said the victim had reached the central reservation of the dual carriageway when he was grabbed by the arms by both men and thrown to the ground.

The terrified victim, who feared he might be stabbed or severely injured, was pinned down while his pockets were rifled and the duo stole various property, including a mobile phone, some cash and even a takeaway meal that Mr Crowther had just bought.

"Having taken the property the two men then kicked him in the head,’’ said Mr McLachlan.

"In his words, his head was treated like a football. He was kicked in the head five or six times.’’

The court heard that passing police officers went to Mr Crowther’s assistance and after a chase Martindale was detained and some of the victim’s property was recovered.

Mr Crowther suffered unpleasant lumps and bruises to his head, felt queasy and his vision was blurred.

Mr McLachlan said that as a result of the attack, Mr Crowther was anxious about going out at night and was afraid to walk the streets.

Martindale told police he had been drinking whisky and had no recollection of the robbery.

In March, Martindale and another man had dragged a 31-year-old man from his car, again in the Bradford Road area, and robbed him of his computer.

That victim was punched during the incident, but Martindale denied using any violence.

The next day Martindale and an accomplice burgled a house at Smiths Avenue, Marsh.

The teenager, who is now 17, was remanded in custody, but was released in April after a successful bail application.

Martindale was yesterday sent to a young offender institution after he admitted two offences of robbery and one of burglary.

He also asked Judge Robert Bartfield to take into account 15 other offences, including six more robberies.

Barrister Alistair Campbell, for Martindale, said the teenager had a troubled background and alcohol had played a large part in his offending.

"He wants to move away from the Huddersfield area and start afresh,’’ said Mr Campbell.

Judge Bartfield said the muggings had been "grave street robberies’’ and it was fortunate that Mr Crowther was not seriously injured.

"He was left, as one would expect, not only queasy and feeling ill, but unable to face going out on the streets again because he might come across the likes of you,’’ the judge told Martindale.

"You were remanded in custody, but you applied for bail and I’ve not doubt the magistrates were told you realised what you had done and you were going to behave yourself.

"The way you behaved yourself was, within two days of being released on an electronic tag, to commit another robbery.’’