Southampton Court told of teenager high on drink and drugs

Jamie Lovland had chased eight pints of lager with three grams of cocaine and two Ecstasy tablets when he rang a delivery firm and ordered a dozen cans of lager and a packet of cigarettes.

Driver Chris Radwell knocked on the door but then realised he had left the slip for the order in his car and returned to it.

While he was leaning into the vehicle, Lovland came up behind and asked “Is that the food?” and “Is that the Chinese?”

The driver said it was not and that he had brought the lager. Turning round, he was confronted by Lovland standing with a machete in his right hand and its sheath in the other.

Prosecutor Carl Anderson said: “Mr Radwell felt the tip of the knife on his cheeck and jerked backwards. The defendant told him to hand over the beer and get into his car or he would be cut.”

Lovland, 18, was bailed but two months later he was involved in a late-night assault in London Road.

The victim, Robert Malaney, was sat on the ground, chatting when Lovland kicked him in the shoulder and face.

Lovland, of Bishops Road, Sholing, admitted robbery and battery and was jailed for two years and two months.

Susan Ridge, mitigating, said the teenager began drinking heavily and taking drugs after losing his job.

Sentencing, Judge Jeremy Burford QC said Lovland, had taken substantial steps while on remand to tackle his alcohol and drug problems.