Family bid to overturn 'unfair sentence' after Scots dad jailed for 13 months for threatening bike thief with fake gun

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fake gun. We reported how Alan Mitchell saw red after his cycle was nicked from outside a shop in his home in Aberdeen. He confronted Joseph Gannon, 32, for stealing his bike, after he was caught on after CCTV at a Spar store.

Mitchell demanded: "Where is my bike?" and threatened him: "I'm going to shoot you in the head," the court heard.He threatened the thief with a grey metal BB gun and was handed a 13 month sentence- while the bike thief was jailed for four months.The 45-year-old, with no previous convictions, cried in the dock as he was handed his sentence.Now Alan's sister Caroline Duncan has launched an online petition after the event on August 1 last year.She branded the sentence 'madness' and has called for either a lighter term or.