Horrific moment robber from Slovakia attacks a 12-year-old girl

A convicted robber from Slovakia who attacked a 12-year-old girl in the street will be deported for a second time after sneaking back into Britain with a new name.



Patrik Gunar, 23, was jailed for three years in March 2018 after CCTV footage showed him dragging his victim to the ground in Cambridge Street, Derby, during a struggle that lasted two minutes.



Gunar, who eventually fled with the girl's iPhone 6 on February 18 last year, was released from custody and then deported to his native Slovakia in December, Derbyshire Police said.



While in Slovakia, he changed his name to Patrik Krajnak before re-entering the UK earlier this month.



He was arrested in Derby on Thursday as a result of intelligence gathered by a dedicated foreign national offender team.



At the time of the robbery, police thanked a number of celebrities - including Piers Morgan, Nick Knowles, Michael Vaughan and Gaby Roslin - for retweeting their appeal relating to the attack in Cambridge Street, Derby.



Gunar pleaded guilty to robbery as Derby Crown Court was shown footage of the girl struggling with him for around 25 seconds while she was on her way home from buying a cauliflower for her mother.



In an interview with police, he told officers 'she was just a little girl' and that she was 'easy prey'.