McDonald's robber Dan Lloyd 'not ready to hand himself in'

Daniel Lloyd is wanted on recall to prison following a brutal city robbery which left a drunk student lying unconscious on Worcester Racecourse.

Lloyd and an accomplice lured their victim from the city's McDonald's before carrying out a brutal attack, robbing him of his iPhone.

However, Lloyd today (Wednesday) telephoned the Worcester News office to "tell his side of the story".

Worcester News has informed West Mercia Police of the phone call and Lloyd's claims about his whereabouts.

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The 24-year-old called from an undisclosed location, telling the reporter he was 'in Birmingham' and had already served his sentence in HMP Parc in Wales for the robbery.

Dan Lloyd responds in Facebook thread. Photo: Facebook (Image: Dan Lloyd responds in Facebook thread. Photo: Facebook)

He has also left a series of posts on the Worcester News Facebook page, including one claiming he is in Birmingham and another saying 'seven days and seen it all'.

The wanted man says he got on a train from Worcester Foregate Street railway station to Birmingham after cutting off his ankle tag.

Lloyd says he was told to leave his Malvern home by his dad and there was therefore 'no point' in having the tag.

He said: "I'm willing to hand myself in but I'm not willing to hand myself in just yet. I haven't been supported. Why should I support them by handing myself in?"

Mr Lloyd, who says he has spent a total of six and a half years in prison so far, said he had been tagged to his dad's address in Duke of Edinburgh Way in Malvern.

CUT: An ankle tag. Photo: Getty Images (Image: Hereford Times)

"I cut the tag off six days ago. I had a phone call next day by the police telling me there's an error. They wanted to come over and check it. I got on the train instead. As soon as I cut it off it said 'error'.

"I am willing to hand myself in when I'm ready. I'm not ready. I have just got out of prison after serving a three and half year sentence with no support. I have things to sort out. I'm a family provider. If it wasn't for people like me the police wouldn't have jobs and they would not be able to afford to feed their families."

Lloyd said he knew he was 'going back to prison either way' but said his only poor behaviour was cutting off his tag with a pair of scissors.

West Mercia Police yesterday issued photos of him, asking for the public's help to put him back behind bars.

A spokesperson for West Mercia Police said Lloyd was released from prison with licence conditions imposed by the National Probation Service (NPS) on July 28 after serving half his sentence for robbery.

We have previously reported how Lloyd and his accomplice, Kyron Gee, launched an attack which left a footprint on the victim's face before video-calling his mother so she could see him lying battered on the ground.

Daniel Lloyd and accomplice Kyron Gee pretended to help a drunk student at McDonald's in Worcester city centre but instead lured him to a dark, secluded part of the city's racecourse and set upon him, leaving him with a traumatic brain injury.

The robbers FaceTimed the victim's mother on his stolen iPhone 6 so she could see her son lying bleeding on the ground, claiming they had found him like that.

Lloyd and Gee lied to her that they needed the PIN code to unlock the phone so they could call an ambulance.

But an ambulance was never called and they left him there, unconscious.

When he sentenced them the judge said the robbers had only wanted the PIN code so they could unlock the phone and sell it on.

After the robbery they used the University of Worcester student's stolen bank cards to carry out a series of frauds, including buying themselves food from McDonald's and a pregnancy test for one of their girlfriends.

The victim was already 'heavily intoxicated' by the time he got to McDonald's in the city centre at 1.23am on May 21, 2019 which is where he met Gee and Lloyd standing outside.

During the robbery, his iPhone 6 and a wallet containing two bank cards and between £20 and £30 in cash were stolen.

The judge jailed Lloyd for six years and Gee for four-and-a-half.