A shop worker was left terrified for her life when a knife-wielding robber threatened to stab her.
The woman was working alone behind the counter of a store with a Post Office counter when Shaun Hodgson came in acting suspiciously.
A court heard he went to the cash machine of the Lifestyle Express shop in Swalwell, Gateshead, on January 6 this year and "fumbled" around before approaching the till.
