Rampant Rabbit robber jailed for five years

A ROBBER who held up a bookmakers with his girlfriend’s Rampant Rabbit vibrator was jailed yesterday.

Nicki Jex, 27, concealed the sex toy in a carrier bag and pretended it was a gun during the raid on the Ladbrokes shop in Leicester on December 27 last year.

A member of staff at the Narborough Road branch handed over more than £600 (€882) in cash when he pointed it at her, Leicester Crown Court was told.

Jex, of Braunstone, pleaded guilty to the robbery, which was captured on a CCTV camera inside the shop. He was sentenced to five years behind bars.

Tim Palmer, prosecuting, told the court: “The defendant pointed the item in the carrier bag at the cashier. She immediately assumed it to be a firearm. In fact, what was contained within the carrier bag was the defendant’s girlfriend’s vibrator.”

But as he made his escape, the shop’s only remaining customer, Wayne Vakani, followed him outside.

“The defendant pointed the vibrator in the bag at Mr Vakani and warned him to back off,” said Mr Palmer.

“Mr Vakani then kept a discreet distance but kept an eye on the defendant and watched where he went.”

Jex visited a local pub “obviously flush with money” to buy friends a drink. But thanks to the customer, the defendant’s hat, worn during the robbery and carrying his DNA, was discovered nearby.

He also tried to sell the camel-coloured coat he had been wearing during the raid. When he was arrested he denied any involvement in the robbery, but changed his plea later.