Bradley Dew has been jailed for mugging his deaf friend to steal his mobile phone and a £10 note . A thug has been jailed after he mugged his deaf friend to steal his mobile phone and a £10 note. Bradley Dew, 26, had been drinking with his friend at a pub in Faversham in Kent earlier that day and had borrowed his mobile. But later in the evening Dew returned to his friend's home, claiming he had lost the mobile on a train after returning from Herne Bay. As the friend said he was about to go out with his girlfriend, Dew pushed him back into a wall before striking him across the face. He then stole £10 out of his wallet. Dew, of Faversham, then fled the scene, and was found by police hiding in the toilets of a pub close to his friend's home hours later on March 29 last year. Officers said he was likely to have been left feeling vulnerable after being mugged in his own home. Dew denied stealing from his friend, and told officers it would have been 'like robbing my brother.' However he was found guilty of robbery and assault, following a trial held at Maidstone Crown Court. Detective Constable Kathryn Lumsden-Earle, of Kent Police, said: 'Dew took advantage of a so-called friend's generosity, taking his phone and then never returning it. 'He then acted like a bully by pushing and hitting his vulnerable victim before stealing money from his wallet. 'He did all of this in the victim's own home, which no doubt left him very frightened and scared for his safety. 'Time behind bars just might give him that opportunity to reflect on what he did that day, but more so the impact it had on someone he knew was vulnerable and who viewed him as a friend.' Dew, 26, was found guilty of robbery and assault by a jury at Maidstone Crown Court (pictured)
Bradley Dew was drinking with his deaf friend at pub in Faversham in Kent . He later stole his friend's mobile and hit him in the face to steal £10 . Dew fled, hiding from police in toilets of a pub close to his friend's house . The 26-year-old was jailed for two years and labelled a 'bully' by police .