Gurkha attacker sentenced

A robber who attacked and tried to steal cash from a former Gurkha soldier has been jailed for ten years. Jamie Hall stabbed Taitex Phlamachha in Maidstone town centre but the ex-soldier was able to fight him off, and restrain him until police arrived. Tom Savvides reports

Thirty nine year old Jamie Hall has been sentenced to ten years in prison for an attack on a former Gurkha soldier.

Taitex Phlamaccha was assaulted as he walked through Maidstone town centre last October. But what his attacker didn't know was that Taitex is a martial arts blackbelt.

Taitex fought back without realising he had a six inch knife buried in his own arm and held Jamie Hall until police arrived, not realising he'd been badly injured.

The first he knew of it was when police hunting fror the knife put a metal detector on his arm.

Jamie Hall admitted the attack.

Thirty nine year old Jamie Hall has been sentenced to ten years in prison for an attack on a former Gurkha soldier.

Taitex Phlamaccha was assaulted as he walked through Maidstone town centre last October. He fought off his attacker but required emergency surgery. Jamie Hall admitted the attack.

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A man is due to be sentenced today in connection with an attack on a former Gurkha soldier. Taitex Phlamaccha was assaulted as he walked through Maidstone town centre last October. He fought off his attacker but required emergency surgery. Jamie Hall, who's thirty nine, admitted the attack.