A former disability services worker has been jailed for seven years for a string of armed robberies. Kepa Kemp who began abusing alcohol, cannabis and ice after failing to manage the stress of working and fatherhood, carried out five armed robberies in Melbourne’s west over 18 days in December 2016. The County Court heard this week that during the third robbery, on Christmas Eve, Kemp took a drink bottle full of petrol and splashed fuel over a 29-year-old pharmacist in Hoppers Crossing, held up a cigarette lighter and said: “Give [me] the money or I’ll put fire on you.”
