Masked armed robbers who threatened to kill a shop assistant with a meat cleaver have been jailedfor five years and three months.
David Henderson, 42, and Jamie Docherty, 26, held up the Lifestyle Express store in Cathcart, Glasgow, last December.
The terrified female worker was threatened with a meat cleaver before being repeatedly punched. At one point she was told the pair were going to kill her.
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The pair grabbed the shop till containing around £80 in cash and bottles of alcohol before making their escape.
Fortunately the injuries sustained by the woman in the attack were superficial.
Henderson was later caught as he sat drinking a bottle of stolen whisky.
The duo pled guilty to assault and robbery when they appeared at the High Court in Glasgow.
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Prosecutor Blair Speed revealed both already have a history of violence, with Henderson previously jailed for seven years for serious assault.
Lord Mulholland told the pair: “You pleaded guilty to assaulting and robbing a woman with a meat cleaver. She was proving a service to the public. You assaulted her and threatened to kill her. This is a disgraceful way to behave,”
Lord Mulholland told Henderson and Docherty that, but for their guilty plea, he would have jailed them for seven years.
Solicitor advocate Bob Mitchell, representing Docherty said: “He is very much ashamed of what happened in the shop.”
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