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Knife-carrying robber took vapes, booze and food from County Durham B&M store
['Bruce Unwin']
The Northern Echo | News
Lee Waite committed the robbery at B&M Bargains, in Delves Lane, Consett, at about 1.40pm on Thursday May 7 this year.
He stole two vapes, alcohol and food items from the store and was later apprehended in the grounds Consett AFC's Belle View ground.
Lee Waite, given a 42-month sentence for robbery at the B&M Bargains store in Consett, and possessing knives in public (Image: Durham Constabulary)The 36-year-old, of Iveston Road, Consett, admitted charges of robbery and two of possessing a knife in public, at a previous hearing.
A judge said there were “sinister implications” as to the defendant’s carrying of the knives and told Waite to expect to receive, “a considerable” prison sentence.
Imposing the 42-month prison sentence, including six months for the knife possession, Judge Nathan Adams also made a deprivation order for both knives seized by police upon the defendant’s arrest.