Reece Hamilton: Last News

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.A knife-wielding thug who tried to rob a Motherwell shop has been jailed for 27 months.Despite being wounded, an employee refused Reece Hamilton’s demands to open the till.Hamilton eventually gave up the struggle and ran off empty-handed.He was sentenced at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Friday.The raid happened at a Spar in Merry Street on March 12.Hamilton, 26, who lives in the same street, admitted assault with intent to rob and possession of a blade.Neil Thomson, prosecuting, said the employee was behind the counter when the accused arrived about 9.45am.He was holding a knife and kept demanding that the man get “all the money out”.Mr Thomson told

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.A brave shop assistant fought off a knife-wielding thug who tried to rob him.Reece Hamilton eventually gave up the struggle and ran off empty-handed, Hamilton Sheriff Court was told.The raid happened at a Spar in Merry Street, Motherwell, on March 12.Hamilton, 26, who lives in the same street, admitted assault with intent to rob and possession of a blade.Neil Thomson, prosecuting, said the employee was behind the counter when the accused arrived about 9.45am.He was holding a knife and kept demanding that he get “all the money out”.Mr Thomson told the court: “The employee feared for his safety and grabbed the accused in an effort to free the knife from his grip.“A