A PETTY criminal who joined his flatmate's £1million 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 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 with a chilling arsenal of weapons including a sword, two hammers, knives, balaclavas and a body bag.
It emerged the pair ran into Gloucestershire police at Michaelwood Services on the M5 after trying to escape without paying for fuel, before they made it to Devon.
Gloucestershire police said its officers acted appropriately at the time and did not think the pair's vehicle could be driven after a crash.