A MAN has been jailed for three and a half years for threatening and robbing a shop work in Harlow with a steak knife.
Richard Wright, 45, of Commonside Road, Harlow, received 42 months for robbery and 12 months concurrent for possession of a knife at Chelmsford Crown Court yesterday, Wednesday, May 22.
He previously admitted the offences at the same court on Monday, May 13.
At around 7.45pm on Monday, March 26, 2018, Wright entered Co-Op in Bush Fair and asked a woman for a box of cigarettes.
As the worker opened the till to take payment, Wright pulled out a knife and held it against her stomach.
Fearing for her safety, the woman handed over a three-figure sum of cash.
Wright left the store but left his fingerprint on the cigarette packet.
He was identified through forensic and CCTV enquiries and he was arrested the following day.
Investigating officer DC Lauren Strangward, of Harlow CID, said: “Wright walked into a shop armed with a knife, asked for a packet of cigarettes and pulled out his weapon once the till was open.
“He then threatened to harm the woman before leaving, not realising he’d left his fingerprints on the cigarette box.
“Wright is well-known to our officers and it didn’t take us long to identify, locate and arrest him.
“His actions that day were calculative and left innocent shop worker, who was simply doing her job, extremely shaken. I hope Wright’s sentence offers some comfort to her.”
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