Robber who held up shop staff with axe faces jail, court hears
A robber who held up shocked shop staff with an axe has been told to expect a long prison sentence.
Dean Wright’s drug addiction had ‘spiralled out of control’ when he held up Co-op staff in London Road, Purbrook, on July 22 and workers at a sister store in Southleigh Road, Emsworth, on July 31.
On Monday, at Portsmouth Crown Court, the 40-year-old from Havant admitted both robberies, and having a kitchen knife in Emsworth and axe in Purbrook.