A PETTY criminal who joined his flatmate's £1m plot to rob and murder soul singer Joss Stone has been jailed for 18 years.
Junior Bradshaw acted as a foot soldier and driver for Kevin Liverpool, who devised the plan to kidnap and kill the star at her isolated Devon home.
He was a psychiatric patient who stopped taking his medication after being released into the community and who fell under Liverpool's spell after moving into his flat in Manchester.
He drove much of the journey to Devon and was arrested alongside a chilling arsenal of weapons including a Samurai sword, two hammers, knives, balaclavas and a body bag.
Bradshaw, 32, of St Stephen's Close, Manchester, denied conspiracy to murder and rob Joss Stone at her home in Ashill, near Hemyock, in June 2010.
Both he and 35-year-old Liverpool were found guilty at a trial at Exeter Crown Court in April at which Liverpool was jailed for life with a minimum term of 10 years and eight months.
Judge Francis Gilbert QC jailed him for 18 years after ruling that he should not be classified as dangerous, although he said it was "a close run thing".
Mr Martin Meeke QC, defending, said the reports confirmed Bradshaw was vulnerable by virtue of his low intelligence which made him susceptible to being manipulated by Liverpool.
