‘Idiotic’ balaclava-clad robber forced his way into Featherstone home demanding cash and cigarettes

Andrew Culshaw shocked the occupant who had stepped out of his backdoor for a cigarette in the early hours of February 8. Culshaw was stood “about one foot” away from the terrified man with the mask partially covering his face, Leeds Crown Court was told this week.

He asked the man for a cigarette who refused. When the man tried go back inside his Wellgarth Road home in Featherstone and shut the door behind him, Culshaw overpowered him and pushed it open, confronting the terrified man again and telling him: “Give me £100 or I’ll kick your f****** head in.”