A man from Tameside has been jailed after he used a make-shift axe to threaten a shopkeeper for booze.
Gregory Braithwaite, 36, of Penrith Avenue, Ashton-under-Lyne, pleaded guilty to attempted robbery, after an incident last May.
On May 20, 2020, Braithwaite entered the Premier Store on Crowhill Road, in Ashton-under-Lyne, taking out a make-shift axe and threatening the shopkeeper, demanding a bottle of alcohol.
Although a woman and her young son were left frightened by the sight, the shopkeeper refused Braithwaite's request, forcing him to leave the store empty handed.
PC Grange, the Neighbourhood beat officer who dealt with the case, said: "Braithwaite committed this offence following a three day binge on drink and drugs and when questioned could not remember the incident.
"Although Braithwaite pleaded guilty throughout the investigation, and showed remorse for his actions, this had a dramatic physical and mental effect on a mother and her eight-year-old son who were present in the shop at the time Braithwaite committed this offence."
Braithwaite was sentenced at Manchester Crown Court to 27 months in prison for attempted robbery.
