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06-23-2009, 11:33 AM
A MAN who demanded cash from a service station in Tasmania was told by the attendant: "You need a weapon."
The Mercury reports the 27-year-old, who ended up stealing from the cash register, confronted the attendant at the United service station in Green Point Rd on March 3 last year.
John Maxwell Newall today pleaded guilty to a count of stealing in the Supreme Court in Hobart.
The father-of-two was at the end of a four-day amphetamine binge when he walked into the service station and said "I want the money," Crown Prosecutor Jane Williams told the court.
But the attendant was unmoved.
"You need a weapon," he said. "I have to fear for my life. You can't just have the money."
Newall took $400 from the register when the attendant opened it after serving a customer.
"Sorry, I have no choice, I have to do it," he said.
Newall took the money to a nearby McDonald's restaurant where he bought a hamburger before heading to the casino where he lost the remainder on poker machines.
He was arrested after police identified him from surveillance footage the following day.
Justice Alan Blow sentenced Newall to two months jail on top of the sentences he is currently serving for unrelated offences.
NewsAU
The Mercury reports the 27-year-old, who ended up stealing from the cash register, confronted the attendant at the United service station in Green Point Rd on March 3 last year.
John Maxwell Newall today pleaded guilty to a count of stealing in the Supreme Court in Hobart.
The father-of-two was at the end of a four-day amphetamine binge when he walked into the service station and said "I want the money," Crown Prosecutor Jane Williams told the court.
But the attendant was unmoved.
"You need a weapon," he said. "I have to fear for my life. You can't just have the money."
Newall took $400 from the register when the attendant opened it after serving a customer.
"Sorry, I have no choice, I have to do it," he said.
Newall took the money to a nearby McDonald's restaurant where he bought a hamburger before heading to the casino where he lost the remainder on poker machines.
He was arrested after police identified him from surveillance footage the following day.
Justice Alan Blow sentenced Newall to two months jail on top of the sentences he is currently serving for unrelated offences.
NewsAU