A student deflected an attempt by her drug-addled neighbour to rob her at knifepoint.
Wayne Swinford greeted the 20-year-old Bristol University student when she returned home to her flat in Brigstocke Road, St Pauls. After asking her for cigarette papers he followed her inside her flat, armed with a blade, and demanded: "Where's your purse, where's your money?"
The plucky complainant suggested they go to a cashpoint, hoping she could raise the alarm. And in the street, after he said she could get him £50, she backed away, told him to leave her alone and Swinford told her: "Let's just leave it then."
