A former semi-professional footballer and his friend have been jailed for ten years after they stole £5,000 from a pensioner in a violent robbery.

Ex-Carshalton Athletic player Rishi Nankani, 25, and student Daniel Emifeoluwa, 23, pushed their 75-year-old victim over in the street before dragging him in front of oncoming traffic.

The pair then demanded he hand over cash which he had just withdrawn from the Thornton Heath post office in south London to fund a building project.

They took the money and sped off in a silver Range Rover following the robbery on October 18 last year, witnesses said.

Police arrested Nankani at his home in Edith Road, Selhurst, the same day after CCTV footage from the post office showed him watching the pensioner’s transaction shortly before the robbery.

They found £2,000 in his jacket pocket as well as a newly-purchased Versace jumper with a receipt from a shopping centre in Croydon.

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