Don't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox A man from Tameside has been jailed after he used a make-shift axe to threaten a shopkeeper for booze.
Gregory Braithwaite, 36, of Penrith Avenue, Ashton-under-Lyne, pleaded guilty to attempted robbery, after an incident last May.
On May 20, 2020, Braithwaite entered the Premier Store on Crowhill Road, in Ashton-under-Lyne, taking out a make-shift axe and threatening the shopkeeper, demanding a bottle of alcohol.
Although a woman and her young son were left frightened by the sight, the shopkeeper refused Braithwaite's request, forcing him to leave the store empty handed.
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