Toy gun threat at off-licence
A young man who threatened his local off-licence owner with a toy gun has been jailed.
Jack Blower produced the imitation firearm after losing his temper when shopkeeper Raj Patel declined his request for “tick”.
The 25-year-old pointed the gun at Mr Patel and cocked it and made abusive remarks including a racist comment and threatened to shoot him in the head, said Helen Richardson, prosecuting.
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Hide AdA customer, who described Mr Patel as looking “petrified”, then had the weapon pointed at him before Blower left.