A robber has appeared in court after pouncing on a 76-year-old woman as she went to her local shop.
Daniel Coia crept up behind 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 and an accomplice fled from the scene of the crime in Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire in May this year.
But 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.
He is now back behind bars after he pled guilty to an assault and robbery charge at Glasgow Sheriff Court.
Sheriff Johanna Johnston QC branded what happened "despicable".
Coia was remanded as sentencing was adjourned for reports.
