Violent armed robbers jailed after targeting brothers of Marcus Rashford and Trent Alexander-Arnold

Three violent robbers have been jailed after targeting the brothers of Premier League footballers Marcus Rashford and Trent Alexander-Arnold in a terrifying attack.

Talleko Lemonious, 27, Tariq Dervan, 22 and Romario Harmer, 21, denied involvement but were convicted of the robbery of five men, including Dane Rashford and Tyler Alexander-Arnold, at Little Rock café in Moss Side. Jurors at Minshull Street Crown Court also found all three men guilty of possessing a double barrelled sawn-off shotgun, as well as having a machete and a baseball bat.

Mr Rashford - brother of Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford - and Mr Alexander-Arnold - brother of Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold - were attacked and robbed of a £70,000 car, wallets and watches while eating breakfast with friends on the morning of January 12, 2019.

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Following the robbery, Lemonious, Dervan and Harmer fled the scene at speeds of 70mph in the Range Rover, as well as the BMW they’d driven there in. Police were able to track the stolen car, which was fitted with a tracker, to a house in Fallowfield where the men were arrested and the stolen items recovered.

Today (April 12) they were jailed; Lemonious, of Wythenshawe, for 20 years; Dervan, of no fixed abode, for seven-and-a-half years; and Harmer, of Old Trafford, for four years.

Prosecuting, Stephen McNally said that the brothers had met with friends and gone to Little Rock, a Caribbean takeaway in Moss Side, to have breakfast before driving to Brighton to watch Liverpool play a Premier League game. They parked on nearby Bowes Street before arriving at the café at about 10am.

Ten to fifteen minutes after sitting down to eat, the three