Teddy Kelt, of Bower Close, appeared at Inner London Crown Court on November 5 in connection to a series of violent crimes across the railway network.
The court heard how at 9.30pm on December 4, Kelt followed a 22-year-old man onto the platform of Mile End Underground station.
He approached the victim, telling him he had a knife and would stab him if he called for help.
The 20-year-old then demanded his phone.
After the victim handed it over, Kelt patted him down and rifled through his pockets before slapping him, pushing him to the floor and fleeing the station.
The following day, Kelt boarded a Jubilee Line train armed with a machete.
He sat next to a 16-year-old boy, asking about the victim’s phone before demanding he hand it over.
Kelt threatened the teen, claiming he would visit him at his college if he dared report the robbery.
Two days later, the 20-year-old attempted to rob three people on a Northern line train headed for Totteridge and Whetstone Underground station.
This time, Kelt sat across from a 21-year-old man and a 13-year-old boy.
He asked the 21-year-old about a watch he was wearing, before proceeding to threaten the pair.
The court heard how Kelt then turned on a 19-year-old man, who he threatened to stab is he didn’t hand over his phone.
Kelt dropped his knife on the floor in front of the man and left the train.
A day later, the brazen robber approached another man on the platform of Finchley Central Underground station.
This time, he was reported to have asked to use the victim’s phone to call a friend before following him onto the train.
Here, Kelt showed the victim the handle of a knife he had tucked into his waistband and threatened to kill him.
The victim handed over his phone, laptop, and iPad before the Kelt forced him off the train at Tufnell Park with him.
Kelt led the victim into a newsagent before further robbing him of his headphones and rucksack.
Later that day, Kelt attempted to rob a 17-year-old of their phone on an Elizabeth Line train, again threatening to stab him.
When other passengers intervened, Kelt attempted to punch one of them.
Not long after, on another Elizabeth Line train, Kelt tried to rob another man of his phone and said he would “slash his neck” before walking off.
His four day crime spree saw him rob three people of items worth nearly £4,000.
British Transport Police officers identified the 20-year-old from CCTV footage after they were called to Gidea Park on December 9 following one of his robberies.
He was traced back to his address, where he was found in the garden wearing a stolen coat.
A number of stolen phones were discovered in his home.
He was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment after pleading guilty on September 9 to three counts of robbery, three counts of attempted robbery, two public order offences, two counts of possessing a knife or bladed article in public, and common assault.
Kelt’s sentence will run consecutively after a three year, eight month sentence previously handed down for other offences.
These past offences include three more robberies, two further attempted robberies, two counts of possessing Class C drugs, and possessing a corrosive substance in a public place.
On November 5, Kelt was also handed a Criminal Behaviour Order to run until November 4, 2040, which will bar him from wearing a face covering on public transport, and being in possession of a phone not registered in his name.
It will also place restrictions on his ability to travel on the railway network anywhere in the country.
Det Sgt Steven Ridpath-Mitchell said: “Kelt is an exceedingly violent and dangerous individual who spent four days mostly targeting teenagers, threatening them at knifepoint or violently assaulting them, for his own benefit.
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“I hope that this sentence provides some sense of closure to the victims after he put them through such an awful ordeal.
“He’s shown no remorse for his actions, either refusing to be interviewed or providing no comment or reply.
“The threats that he made against innocent commuters, the frequency of the attacks in such a short time, and the violence he used to rob them of their belongings is frankly sickening.”
