Two jailed over meat cleaver attack

Two masked robbers armed with a meat cleaver who threatened to kill a shop assistant have each been jailed for five years and three months.

David Henderson, 42, and Jamie Docherty, 26, held up the Lifestyle Express store in Cathcart, Glasgow, last December. The female worker was threatened with a meat cleaver before being repeatedly punched. At one point she was told the pair were going to kill her.

The pair grabbed the shop till containing around £80 in cash and bottles of alcohol before making their escape.

Henderson was later caught as he sat drinking a bottle of stolen whisky.

The duo pled guilty to assault and robbery when they appeared at the High Court in Glasgow. Prosecutor Blair Speed revealed both have a history of violence, with Henderson previously jailed for seven years for serious assault.

Lord Mulholland told Henderson and Docherty that, but for their guilty plea, he would have jailed them for seven years. Solicitor advocate Bob Mitchell, representing Docherty said his client was “ashamed of what happened”.