Thug screamed 'give me the keys' during car robbery that killed grandmother
13.10.2023 - 18:55
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
Horrifying CCTV footage has been uncovered that shows the moment a teenage boy screamed "give me the keys" to an Audi during an attempted robbery that killed a grandmother.
Nhi Muoi Wai, 64, tragically died after the incident that took place at her home in Millside Walk, Morley, on March 28 this year. The gran was in her living room with daughter Emmie while her son Matthew was upstairs when Emmie heard "tapping" at the property's glass doors.
Emmie had already turned away killer Jerry Hanrahan - then 17 - after he asked if the family needed "any work doing". She then saw him again with his hood up and a screwdriver in hand, standing at the door report Leeds Live.
Prosecutor Matthew Bean told Leeds Crown Court on Friday that Hanrahan - who was joined by his cousin, Samuel Hanrahan, 20 - then demanded the keys to an Audi RS3 belonging to Emmie's brother.
He said: "Jerry was jabbing with the screw driver and repeated 'Give me the keys, give me the keys to the RS.'" This part of the attempted robbery was captured on CCTV which has now been released by West Yorkshire Police.
In the footage, the thugs can be seen arriving at the property, with Samuel hanging back for a period before joining his cousin. During part of the released footage, the screwdriver can be seen in Jerry's hand before the pair flee.
The court heard on Friday that Emmie called the police during the attempted robbery, in which Jerry Hanrahan smashed a window with the screwdriver. The 999 call was played, and at the end, she could be heard asking for an ambulance for mother-of-six Nhi.
Mr Bean told the court that after the attempted robbery, Nhi had told her daughter: "Tell your sisters I won't be able to pick them up because I'm too busy to drive." He said: "She