Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletter A regular customer at a Post Office brandished a rusty screwdriver and told terrified staff 'I've already killed someone today'.
Steven Power, 56, who went in the convenience store on almost a daily basis, demanded that they hand over 'all the money'. He threatened to stab them before helping himself to cash from the till.
The shop, which was being run by three women that day, lost more than £6,000. "I can't believe someone I recognised as a customer has done this," one worker said.
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