A thug who brandished a knife at a financial institution clerk in a theft bid was jailed yesterday for four-and-a-half years.
David Brodie, 36, assaulted the lady on the Financial institution of Scotland in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, on April 26, 2021.
Brodie pretended to want to withdraw cash earlier than revealing the blade from a sports activities bag.
He informed the terrified employee: "Open your drawers...open the f****** bag or put the cash within the bag."
Brodie fled the scene empty handed after he was proven there have been no drawers on the desk.
Brodie pled responsible on the Excessive Courtroom in Glasgow to a single cost of assault and tried theft.
His earlier convictions embody jail time for home issues in addition to three years for an assault to extreme harm and everlasting disfigurement.
Decide Girl Stacey mentioned: "You will need to perceive you pled responsible to a really severe crime and the court docket should take significantly that you simply went into the financial institution armed with a knife.
"You brandished it on the lady behind the counter.
"This has a long-lasting impact on individuals who keep in mind what occurred after they do not wish to give it some thought.
"This was a foul factor to do and that is why the one acceptable sentence is imprisonment."
The court docket earlier heard that Brodie attended the financial institution and spoke to a member of employees about withdrawing £600 however he had no identification.
Brodie was referred to the lady's counter the place he attended.
Prosecutor Alan Parfery mentioned: "When requested to offer his account particulars, he produced a black dealt with kitchen knife from his bag and pointed it at [the clerk]."
Brodie went on to make the threats to open the drawers and for the cash.
Mr Parfery added: "She knowledgeable him that there have been no drawers within the desk and stepped away from it to let him see for himself.
"Upon realising he couldn't get any money from the desk, he turned spherical and walked out placing the knife again into the bag."
Brodie was snared after a media marketing campaign circulated his image and he was reported.
He admitted when quizzed that he was answerable for the tried theft regardless of offering "no remark" to additional questions.
Geoffrey Forbes, defending, informed the court docket: "He apologises to [the woman] for his conduct in direction of her within the financial institution.
"It should have been an alarming factor for her to be confronted with."
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