A couple were robbed at gunpoint as they ate KFC in their car. Haci Omer Altintas pointed a handgun at his victim's face, with his finger on the trigger.
The victim was robbed of his VW Golf and wallet during the terrifying ordeal. READ MORE : Dawn raids see cops target warring gangs following savage machete attack Altintas, now 19, fled the country and has finally faced justice three years later.
The firearm has never been recovered, so prosecutors could not prove whether it was real. But a judge said of the victims: "They were not to know it was anything other than a real firearm." Manchester's courts are some of the busiest in the country with a vast array of cases heard every week.
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