Ex-Premier League prodigy jailed for stabbing teen with Rambo knife after turning to crime when footie career flopped

A FORMER Premier League prodigy has been jailed for stabbing a teen with a Rambo weapon aft turning to transgression erstwhile his vocation flopped.

Causso Darame near 19 twelvemonth aged Ronnie Evans paralysed with "life-changing injuries" aft attacking him successful a "vicious" robbery.

The 25-year-old, who was signed by Swansea City FC erstwhile they were successful the Premier League, stole the teen's cervix concatenation and bracelet.

Darame has present been jailed for 4 years and 4 months aft helium admitted robbery and possession of a knife.

Portsmouth Crown Court heard the horror unfolded successful the aboriginal hours of May 12 past twelvemonth adjacent Ken's Fried Chicken restaurant.

Ronnie was with a pal erstwhile helium clocked Darame, who had a large, Rambo-style hunting knife.

The tribunal was told the brace "became aware" of the failed winger down them.

As they began to run, Darame yelled aft them: "I’m going to drawback you, and erstwhile I drawback you, I’m going to termination you."

The thug past knifed Ronnie successful the limb and snatched his jewellery earlier fleeing.

Ronnie suffered a immense magnitude of humor nonaccomplishment aft 2 of his large nerves were severed.

Prosecutor Paul Fairley said: "Luckily arsenic acold arsenic everyone successful the lawsuit was concerned, the weapon missed by a fewer millimetres the large humor vessels successful his leg."

In a unfortunate interaction statement, Ronnie said helium has been near with paralysis from the genu down - meaning helium cannot locomotion without a splint connected his foot.

As a result, helium has been incapable to proceed his enactment arsenic an apprentice electrician and tin nary longer play tennis to a precocious level similar helium utilized to.

The tribunal was told Darame was fixed a younker declaration with Swansea City FC from the property of 15.

The footballer, who erstwhile compared himself to Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo, was past handed two-year nonrecreational declaration erstwhile helium turned 18.

His lawyer Daniel Reilly said helium felt similar a nonaccomplishment erstwhile his declaration was terminated and began mixing with cause dealers aft "struggling to cope".

Sentencing, Judge Daniel Neill said Darame's actions had changed the beingness of a antheral "in the premier of his youth".

He added: "You had hoped to go a nonrecreational footballer, it didn’t enactment out.

"Many dreams don’t enactment out, galore ambitions.

"By the clip that your nonrecreational football declaration sponsorship came to an end, you had a spouse and a newborn kid you felt you were failing."

In August past year, Darame was sentenced to 28 months successful prison aft police recovered him with £1,000 worthy of heroin and cocaine.

At the time, the tribunal heard helium turned to drug-dealing to marque money due to the fact that helium refused to judge unemployment benefits.