A MAN awaits sentence after pleading guilty to trying to rob a Worcester taxi driver.

Thomas Loveridge, 37, of Cherry Orchard, Kidderminster, was remanded in custody at Worcester Crown Court for medical and probation reports.

Barrister, Antonie Muller, said he was a suspected epileptic but has not been diagnosed. His medication had been changed in prison.

He is alleged to have attempted to rob Shazad Shaukat of his cash box and its contents.