A robber who pounced on a 76-year-old woman as she went to her local shop was jailed today for 20 months.
Daniel Coia crept up behind pensioner Margaret McLean and told her: "I'm going to take your bag."
The 30-year-old claimed he had a knife and warned the OAP not to scream. Coia's accomplice rifled through her pockets while he took the woman's bag.
The pair fled from the scene of the crime in Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire in May this year.
The victim shouted after him: "I will remember you."
Police were alerted before Coia was discovered in a friend's garden. It emerged he had been freed early from prison following a previous violent offence.
Coia pled guilty to assault and robbery charge at Glasgow Sheriff Court.
Sheriff Johanna Johnston QC branded what happened "despicable".
Coia was ordered to complete 200 days of his last sentence before beginning his new period of imprisonment. He will also be under supervision for 10 months upon his release from custody.
