Knifepoint robbery stubbed out by ciggies offer

By Michael MacLeod

A BRAVE shop worker stood up to a knife-wielding thug by offering him cigarettes.

Sadi Anwar, 27, was just a month into her job at an Edinburgh newsagent when the knife raider left her fearing for her life.

SHOCK: Thief picks his packet

The would-be thief ran into the shop holding a 10-inch blade and demanded all the money from the till.

But quick-thinking Sadi told him there were no takings and instead handed him a pack of 20 Lambert and Butler.

To her amazement, the hooded invader accepted the offer and fled just 60 seconds after he arrived.

HUNT AS TWO MEN HURT IN EDINBURGH STREET ATTACKS

By Karrie Gillett

POLICE are investigating two separate unprovoked attacks which left two victims needing hospital treatment.

In the first assault, a 19-year-old man was stabbed in the stomach by an attacker who stole his headphones.

The man was walking home in the Blackford area of Edinburgh  in the early hours of Monday morning after a night out in the city when he felt a blow to his abdomen.

He passed out for several seconds as he lay on West Saville Terrace but when he regained consciousness he noticed he was bleeding from his left side.

After dialling an ambulance, paramedics found a small puncture wound on his abdomen and took him to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary (ERI) for treatment.