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A THUG and his girlfriend who kidnapped and robbed a wheelchair-bound quadriplegic man for just a few pathetic pounds have been jailed.

Evil Adam Webster, 38, and Sarah Harcourt, 35, were caught on CCTV when they abducted Stephen Dooley, 38, from a community centre in Norwich and took him to a nearby park.

The pair, described as 'the lowest of the low' robbed helpless Stephen of just £6 to £7 and then abandoned him one sunny day last August.

But the two heroin addicts were caught red-handed carrying out the vile crime on CCTV and arrested just 40 minutes later.

Mr Dooley was struck down by meningitis as a baby when he was just nine days old and left terribly disabled by the devastating illness.

He was waiting to be picked up from Vauxhall Resource Centre when the pair callously wheeled him to a park and of all his cash.

The horrifying crime has left Stephen too devastated and terrified to go out and left his life in tatters, the court heard.

Harcourt, of Norwich, had already admitted robbery and kidnap when she was jailed yesterday.

Webster, also of Norwich, was found guilty of both offences after he was tried at Norwich Crown Court last month.

Harcourt and Webster took frightened Mr Dooley against his will before pushing him to Chapelfield Park where he was robbed.

The two lovers then cruelly abandoned Stephen. He managed to make his way back to the centre alone where staff raised the alarm.

Harcourt and Webster were arrested just 40 minutes after the incident was reported to police and nailed by CCTV footage.

Giving evidence during the trial from behind a screen with the help of an interpreter and intermediary, Mr Dooley told Richard Potts, prosecuting, how he was afraid and scared when he was kidnapped.

Jonathan Morgans, defending Harcourt, who has 43 previous convictions for 97 offences between 1992 and 2013, said she wanted to apologise for what she had done.

Mr Morgans said the crimes were committed against a background of an out of control drug addiction to heroin.

Lori Tucker, for Webster, who has 37 convictions relating to 117 offences, said he was a subordinate in the offence.

She said he too had been addicted to heroin from just 13 after an extremely unhappy childhood during which he was the victim of abuse.

Judge Anthony Bate locked up Webster for six years and Harcourt for four years, 12 weeks at the crown court yesterday.

He said they both had appalling criminal records and became partners in opportunistic crimes.

Judge Bate told the vile pair: "This was a despicable joint crime driven by self-centred greed and as usual an utter disregard for your victims feelings."

Afterwards Mr Dooley's shocked father, the Rev Gerald Dooley, said he struggled to comprehend why two people would do this and said the crime was way outside humanity.

The vicar said in a statement after the case: "Your hear things all the time but you never think something like this will happen to your family."

Investigating officer, Det Con Jim Starling, of Norwich CID, said afterwards: "Harcourt and Webster are the lowest of the low.

"For two people to target a man who clearly has no means of defending himself or even calling for help is beyond belief."