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| Life term for 'strangler-robbers' | Life term for 'strangler-robbers' |
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| Two robbers have been jailed for life for attacking lone women in London. | Two robbers have been jailed for life for attacking lone women in London. |
| Brothers Daniel and Matthew Mykoo acted as a "strangler-robber" team, with one throttling their targets from behind while the other took valuables. | |
| One victim was designer Nicole Farhi and another BBC correspondent Sangita Myska, Wood Green Crown Court heard. | |
| Daniel, 29, will serve a minimum of 14 years for 19 counts of robbery while Matthew, 27, was jailed for a minimum of nine years for nine counts. | |
| Matthew from Willesden, north-west London, was cleared of attacking fashion designer Ms Farhi, the court heard. | |
| Playwright husband | |
| Daniel Mykoo, of Fulham, south-west London, admitted 18 counts of robbery and attacking Ms Farhi. | Daniel Mykoo, of Fulham, south-west London, admitted 18 counts of robbery and attacking Ms Farhi. |
| Prosecuting, John Carmichael said the brothers were a "strangler-robber" team, with Daniel attacking from behind while Matthew snatched valuables. | |
| They struck in areas including Hampstead, St John's Wood, both in north London and Ladbroke Grove and Chelsea in the west of the city. | |
| Ms Farhi was attacked as she went to open the front door of her Hampstead home in April 2008. | |
| Her husband, playwright Sir David Hare, chased the attackers and took down their car registration number as they drove off. |