Jack Knight, 44, and Grant Bolden, 39, used an imitation gun and a knife to rob a service station.
Jack Knight, 44, and Grant Bolden, 39, were captured on CCTV entering the shop in Stansted Mountfitchet in Essex at 10.35pm on 27 September last year.
One message on Bolden's phone, referring to packets of cigarettes up for sale, read: “I want £300 for them all. For 44 packs that’s a bargain.”At Knight’s address, officers found a black handgun – later established to be an air gun – matching the description of the weapon used in the offence. Clothing worn by Knight and Bolden during the offence was also recovered.Knight, of Flitch Green, Dunmow, Essex, was jailed for four-and-a-half years when he appeared before a judge on 7 March.
Bolden was also sentenced for separate offences committed in May 2023 – making threats with a knife and a racially aggravated public order offence.
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