Two violent robbers were jailed for a total of 14 years and eight months on Tuesday following the heroic actions of a 10-year-old boy, according to the Metropolitan Police.
Brothers Eugene and Devlin Williams attacked Didier Levenfiche's mother, Tania, on June 13 2016 in London. The pair ripped out her earrings, attempted to steal her watch, and attacked the family's dog.
Didier witnessed the robbery and raised the alarm before the Williams brothers escaped in a black BMW. The 10-year-old memorised the Williams' faces and was later able to identify them during an ID parade.
"I watched the men's faces to try to memorise them," Didier said in a police video celebrating his actions last year, when he was named Westminster police's hero of 2016.
Detective Constable Martin Thomas said in a statement: "Didier's brave actions directly led to them being brought to justice and we are very proud to have named him as our hero of the year."
Tania Levenfiche said Didier has not slept properly since the incident, but was thankful her attackers have been brought to justice.
"He has not slept a whole night since the incident and also is very disturbed by the fact that the attackers kicked our dog over and over as she tried to jump up at them to help me," she said. "Please remember that he watched this whole incident and the face of the attacker staring at him."
The Williams brothers were behind a spate of violent robberies between November 2015 and August 2016 across London. Devlin Williams had a particular eye for Rolex watches and was involved in two attacks in August last year where the expensive watches were snatched.
He colluded in the robbery of a £20,000 Rolex from a 74-year-old woman on August 4 2016, while he was also behind an attack on a 30-year-old man three days later, when his £7,000 watch was taken.
Devlin Williams was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court to six years and eight months in prison on Tuesday. His brother, Eugene, was handed a sentence of eight years.
Here's the video of Didier Levenfiche talking about his act of heroism: