Man, 24, denies hospital robbery (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)

Man, 24, denies hospital robbery

7:00am Saturday 1st September 2012 in News

A 24-year-old man told a jury he was not there when his friend got on to a hospital ward and pulled the ring off an elderly stroke patient’s finger.

Stanislav Jano, 24, of Marlborough Road, Idle , Bradford, denies robbing Christine Brown of her engagement ring and phone on Ward 15 at Bradford Royal Infirmary on January 7.

Giving evidence in his defence at Bradford Crown Court , he said Robert Ziga left him alone in the hospital when they were visiting a friend’s pregnant wife.

Mrs Brown, who was in a private room, had the engagement ring she had worn for 52 years pulled from her finger and her phone snatched from her bedside table.

Ziga, 28, of Oak Villas, Manningham , Bradford, has pleaded guilty to robbery.

He was arrested two days after the offence with Mrs Brown’s phone in his hand.

Jano said Ziga left him alone for a while and then ran downstairs and out of the hospital and he followed.

The trial continues.