The man who kicked a Bank of Bermuda security guard in the stomach during a foiled robbery in April last year was sentenced to six years? imprisonment in the Supreme court on Friday.

Calvin Leonard Richardson, 37, of no fixed abode, attacked Rupert Jackson in Bermudiana Road as he emerged from the Bank of Bermuda and grabbed the bank bags he was carrying.

However, Richardson tossed them aside when he found them empty and was apprehended by Chief Inspector Anthony Mouchette, was was patrolling the area in an unmarked Police car and witnessed the incident.

Richardson had pleaded guilty to the robbery using personal violence.

Visibly shaking in the dock, Richardson, who has a record of theft, told the court he stole so that he could eat and clothe himself and not for drugs.

When asked by Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons why he did not live in at the Salvation Army, Richardson answered that he did not want to live with criminals and drug addicts.

Richardson?s lawyer, Anthony Richardson, told the court that psychologists had found Richardson to be schizophrenic and that he was currently being treated for this condition.

Mrs. Justice Simmons asked Richardson if he knew what this condition was, to which Richardson replied that he did not since no one had explained it to him.

He added that he took the drugs they prescribed because they calmed him down.

In sentencing, Mrs. Justice Simmons told Richardson he had chosen to commit a criminal act, even when he chose not to live among criminals, adding that he would have to serve at least one half of his sentence if he enrolled in a suitable educational programme at Westgate.

The Crown was represented by Graveney Bannister.