A thug who raided a shop while armed with two knives has been jailed for 16 months.
Christopher Mowatt (30) robbed the Scotmid store in Shettleston, Glasgow in March this year.
He demanded a worker open a till while clutching the blades.
Prosecutor Lucy Adams told Glasgow Sheriff Court: “She did this and gave him £195.
“Mowatt then dropped one of the knives on the floor and walked out."
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Police were soon alerted and Mowatt was later identified from CCTV.
He was held at his home in the city's Springboig - but made no comment.
The stolen cash was also found.
Steven Creighton, defending, said: “He started taking street valium and then heroin and became addicted.
“He was doing this to fund his drug addiction.”
Mowatt smiled as Sheriff John McCormick told him a custodial sentence was an appropriate one.
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