A robber who knocked over and injured a 92-year-old pensioner to steal £5 has been jailed for 30 months.
Solomon Bygraves, 29, told Stanley Evans he was going to help him with his wheelie bag as he returned from a shopping trip.
But as soon as he was in the block of flats he lunged for the pensioner's wallet, knocking him to the ground.
CCTV footage played at London's Southwark Crown Court showed Bygraves running off as the pensioner falls to the floor.
Mr Evans remained lying in the entrance to the flats in Soho, central London, for 10 minutes after the attack on 31 January.
Bygraves has 21 convictions for 49 different offences including two for robbery.
The judge, Recorder Andrew Mitchell QC, said the attack on Mr Evans, now 93, could have been fatal.
He said: "The victim in the case could easily have died, not through any other reason than just snatching something from him, and causing him therefore to fall down, and he could have just gone at that age."
"He was a very small, frail man and (Bygraves) must be more than 6ft."
The court heard Bygraves was out on bail for a domestic matter at the time of the attack.
He was coming down from Class A drugs when he spotted the "vulnerable old man" return home with his shopping.
Richard Sedgwick, prosecuting, said: "Mr Bygraves is an exceedingly large man.
"There appears to be some evidence of targeting - the age and the size difference point to that.
"Mr Evans presents as an easy victim."
Outlining the attack, he said: "Mr Evans is returning to his block of flats with his shopping. He is 92 years-old.
"The defendant follows him in behind him. There is a conversation. Mr Evans recalls it as being about visiting a friend inside the block of flats and helping him with his shopping.
"Mr Evans then waits for a lift. The defendant returns, accosts him, takes Mr Evans' wallet from him causing Mr Evans to fall to the floor where he is unable to rise from for some time."
The pensioner, a retired camera assistant who worked on films including the 1947 classic Brighton Rock, eventually managed to get to his feet and call 999.
The attack was branded as "totally unprovoked, callous and sickening" by police.
Mr Evans suffered a shoulder and arm injury in the incident.
Bygraves, who has bipolar disorder, initially denied the crime.
He said he went over to Mr Evans because he looked ill, the pensioner collapsed and he "panicked" and ran off.
But he later admitted it and has written a letter of "remorse" to the judge.
In his victim impact statement, Mr Evans said: "I believe that the man who robbed me should be punished for attacking a 93-year-old pensioner.
"He should not abuse his strength."
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