A ROBBER helped get himself caught due to his free bus pass.

John Paul Regan initially held up a shop in Tollcross days after Christmas last year.

He then travelled by bus that morning to Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.

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It was there the 37-year-old robbed another shop claiming he would “shoot” a worker.

Prosecutor Sheena Fraser told the High Court in Glasgow: “He was identified by police as a result of these bus journeys from CCTV footage.

“There was also the use of his concessionary bus pass registered in his name.”

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It emerged during the first robbery Regan had used a dumbbell wrapped in a bag to look like a weapon.

The second raid involved a branch again in a bag.

The court was told Regan, of Calton, had borrowed cash for Christmas presents and had been unable to pay it back.

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Lord Arthurson jailed him for a total of five years and four months after he pled guilty to two assault and robbery charges.