FREE newsletter is packed with the best (and weirdest) stories from around the worldA robber who threatened a shopkeeper at knifepoint and ran away with a cash till has been sentenced to four years in prison.Michael Knowles, 37, of Abbotside Close, Chester-le-Street in Co Durham, entered a convenience store in Birtley, Gateshead, with a 12-inch blade and demanded the worker to open the till in a brazen robbery on May 25.CCTV inside the Sophie's Store captures Knowles swinging the weapon in front of the lone worker while asking for money.He tries to open the till over the counter and is seen touching the tablet before snatching the machine and running out of the shop.Newcastle Crown Court heard a man who lives nearby realised what had.
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