This is the picture taken by a brave Good Samaritan which helped convict a man who was part of a gang which tried to rob a teenage boy's phone.
The Good Samaritan has been given a reward of £250 from public funds after he chased after the men and took a picture of one of them, despite having beer bottles being thrown at him and being threatened with a 'dirty needle'.
One member of the gang, Stephen Richardson, 36, from Moston, has been jailed for four years after a jury took minutes to find him guilty of attempted robbery.
Manchester Crown Court heard that the boy, 16, who suffers from learning difficulties, was on 'Balloon Street near the Printworks' when he was surrounded by three men, including Richardson.
One thug grabbed the boy by the throat and pinned him up against a wall, saying 'give me your f****** phone', prosecutor Alaric Bassano said.
The member of the public intervened and asked the men 'what do you think you’re doing?'.
They told him to 'f*** off'.
He pushed away the man who had the boy by his throat. The boy ran away.
"Stab him with a dirty needle," one man said towards the member of the public.
"Yeah, I'll stab you," another said.
After he called the group 'thieving scumbags', the attackers began to threaten him further and throw beer bottles at him.
They walked off towards Victoria station, but despite the threats the man followed them.
He was able to take pictures of two of them.
One had put his hood up so couldn't be picked out, but the other was Richardson who could be identified.
Despite this, Richardson denied attempted robbery but was unanimously found guilty by a jury after a two day trial.
The court heard how Richardson has been in court 113 times previously, for 215 offences.
In a statement from the victim's mother, composed more than a year after the incident, she said that it has had a 'significant' impact on the boy.
He will no longer travel on public transport by himself, and finds it difficult even with help from others.
This makes the prospect of him getting a job in the future 'totally impossible', she said.
Defending, Charlotte Rimmer said Richardson's the reason behind his offending is his gambling problem.
She said Richardson, of Denmore Road, Moston, has previously worked as a binman and at a JD Sports warehouse, and that he is capable of living a normal life.
The judge, Recorder Alistair Webster QC paid tribute to the bravery of the Good Samaritan.
"He did what a good citizen should and would do, but something that takes significant courage," he said.
"It is all too easy to turn the other cheek and feel embarrassed by what is happening, and to feel too intimidated and to cross the other side of the road, as it were.
"In my view he deserves to be commended.
"The court and the public should be grateful to him for his public spirited actions."
The judge said the £250 reward was a mark of the man's 'brave and courageous behaviour'.
