Tram stop robber stole phone and vape from boy, 13

A man has been sentenced after "persistently" carrying a knife, and robbing a 13-year-old boy at a tram stop and taking his mobile phone and vape.

Police said Teejay Bullivant, 19, confronted the boy and showed him the handle of a knife tucked in his waistband in April 2025 at Bulwell tram stop in Nottingham.

Earlier that day, the force said, he showed a young woman the handle of a knife at David Lane tram stop in Basford, but she fled on to a tram.

At Nottingham Crown Court on Wednesday, Bullivant, who admitted robbery, two counts of possession of a knife in a public place and possession of a Class B drug, was sentenced to a total of three and a half years in youth custody.

After robbing the boy, police said, Bullivant fled the scene, and when tracked down by officers, was "aggressive and threatening".

Bullivant, of Waterloo Crescent in Nottingham, was also sentenced for a series of offences in Derbyshire, including an assault at Derby bus station on 21 March 2025, when he picked a fight with another man and kicked the victim while he was lying on the floor.

He also threatened a man with a knife at a Derby skatepark on the same day, officers said.

Bullivant went on to steal an electric bike from an address in Ilkeston, in Derbyshire, on 26 October 2025, and threatened the victims with a machete when they confronted him about it.

He pleaded guilty to two counts of knife possession, assault and theft in relation to those offences.

Det Con Natalie Gooderham, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: "Bullivant is a persistent knife carrier and has shown himself quite prepared to show off with these weapons, threaten people with them and steal from them.

"He targeted a 13-year-old boy at a tram stop in order to rob him, and the young victim must have been terrified when he was shown a knife.

"Street robberies of this nature are very serious and unpleasant offences, which can have a deep psychological impact on victims."

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