A man who followed a doctor from a petrol station to a car park near a Remuera medical centre before demanding his wallet and his $40,000 Audi at gunpoint has pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery.
Goodwood Heights resident Shaquille Pook, 28, appeared in the Auckland District Court today, sporting facial tattoos so extensive only his ears were unadorned. He was set to stand trial this week had the admission of guilt not been entered.
Pook is expected to return to court in December for sentencing. Aggravated robbery carries a maximum possible sentence of 14 years’ imprisonment.
Authorities allege Pook was at a BP petrol station on Green Lane East, just metres away from Mercy Ascot Hospital in one of Auckland’s most expensive neighbourhoods, when he saw the Audi pull into the forecourt around 1.30 one afternoon in August last year. Unbeknownst to the driver of the Audi, he was followed by Pook as he left the station to park nearby.
“Hey bro,” Pook is alleged to have said as the victim got out of his car in the carpark.