A HARD-UP businessman is behind bars after using a child's toy gun in a string of raids.
Ross Travers turned to crime after his insurance company went bust.
Travers first tried to hold up a petrol station worker – but left empty handed when she thought it was a “prank”.
The ex-company director then attempted to steal a guitar from a man before later snatching cash from a supermarket.
The 37-year-old was later snared for the crimes which occurred in Clarkston and Busby in East Renfrewshire.
A judge heard how police swooped on his home and discovered his DNA on a fake gun in a bedroom.
He now faces a lengthy jail-term after he pled guilty to robbery, two attempted robberies and behaving in a threatening manner.
Travers, also of Busby, was yesterday remanded in custody pending sentencing in March.
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