A MAN has been jailed for the knifed hold-up of a bookmaker shop after the vicious robbery was caught on CCTV.
Terrified Alexander French handed over hundreds of pounds of takings after hooded Stephen Rowan flashed a blade at him.
The 50-year-old thief chucked a bag at Mr French and demanded that he fill it with money during the heist at a Coral store in Edinburgh.
Rowan made good his escape but CCTV images were used to help track him down and police found he had been boasting of the attack to pals.
At Edinburgh Sheriff Court he was jailed for two years after admitting assault and robbery.
The court heard how Rowan had barged into the betting shop in Great Junction Street on March 26 this year.
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