A Seaham man who carried out an attempted robbery while armed with a kitchen knife has been put behind bars.
Leon Savage walked into the New Seaham Service Station at around 11.30pm on April 1 this year and asked the lone staff member to call the police before he "did something stupid". After the staff member refused, Savage then produced a knife and demanded money from the till.
Fortunately, three customers in the service station's forecourt came to assist, and Savage resorted to putting the knife away and even shook the employee's hand in a "half-hearted apology" before buying a scratch-card and leaving. The 27-year-old was arrested later on at his home.
