Thelma And Louise couple went on the run with their pet HAMSTER after battering massage...

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A COUPLE have been jailed after a businessman was beaten up and mugged during a Thelma and Louise-style ''revenge'' raid at his seaside massage parlour.

Zoe Hickey, 29, and her 28-year old partner Imogen Mellor attacked Kevin Garfoot with a rubber mallet before going on the run with their pet hamster.


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Couple Imogen Mellor (left) and Zoe Hickey (right) have been jailed after attacking a massage parlour boss

The pair struck after Mellor was kicked out of the premises where she lived and worked in Blackpool, Lancs when Hickey was discovered to have been secretly staying over.

Mellor remonstrated with Garfoot as he sat at his desk doing paperwork before knocking him to the floor with the mallet.

As he lay bleeding and injured the couple took £220 in cash before fleeing the scene with a hamster they kept at the flat.

They were on the run for ten days before being arrested in the resort.


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The couple attacked Kevin Garfoot with a rubber mallet before going on the run with their pet hamster

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Mellor remonstrated with Garfoot before knocking him to the floor with the mallet

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Hickey had been discovered secretly staying at the premises in Blackpool

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As Garfoot lay bleeding and injured the couple took £220 in cash

At Preston Crown Court, former holiday camp worker Mellor was jailed for 21 months after she pleaded guilty to unlawful wounding and theft whilst Hickey was locked up for 12 months after pleading guilty to theft.

The court heard Mellor had been hired by Garfoot to work at his massage parlour but he became ''controlling'' and refused to let her partner stay over - fearing it could “affect her work”.

On July 31 last year Garfoot confronted Mellor after Hickey was discovered to have been staying there, the jury was told.

Prosecuting, David Trainer said: “An hour later, Mellor went into Mr Garfoot's office and told him he was being unreasonable.


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The court heard Mellor had been hired by Garfoot to work at his massage parlour but he became 'controlling'

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The pair went on the run for ten days before being arrested in the resort

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Mellor (left) was jailed for 21 months, while Hickey (right) was sentenced to 12

"He describes being struck to the head by Mellor with a rubber ended mallet which caused him to fall to the floor and there were further blows with kicks and punches from Mellor.

“Mr Garfoot saw an opportunity to get free but was grabbed again and Mellor placed him in a headlock.

"The incident was immediately reported to the police who found the complainant covered in blood with wounds to the front and side of his head.

Hickey and Mellor's attack echoed a Thelma And Louise-style revenge raid

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The victim was left covered in blood following the attack by Hickey (left) and Mellor (right)

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Hickey and Mellor are both expected to be released by October this year

"Mar Garfoot says he has been left with psychological and mental scars from the incident.

“The couple were found and arrested on the 10th of August in Blackpool and have been in custody since.''

In mitigating for Mellor, Sharon Watson said: "Her behaviour that days was entirely out of character.”




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Mitigating for Hickey, Katie Jones said: "She is an intelligent woman with things going for her.

"She wishes to apologise to the court but it is a difficult background to the case and she herself has a difficult background."

Hickey who has already served five and a half months on remand is expected to be freed in two weeks. Mellor will serve 10 months and is expected to be released in October.


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