A Post Office owner shut her business for good after an armed raid left her 'traumatised'.
McIntosh eventually fled empty handed when Ms McEwan's colleague Bryan Scott, 35, pressed a panic alarm.McIntosh - who had no previous convictions at the time - today pleaded guilty at the High Court in Glasgow to the attempted robbery.He explained:"She has now closed the business which had been in her family for many years.The raider had gone into the Post Office that morning wearing a green bomber jacket, woolly hat and dark face covering.
Mr Parfery said:"He approached Bryan Scott with what appeared to be a black handgun and pointed it at him while pulling the lever back.A worried Ms McEwan crouched behind the till area and tried to activate a silent alarm.Mr Scott eventually pressed a panic button and, on hearing the alarm, McIntosh decided to get out the shop, which also had a newsagents.Police spotted him before he dumped the weapon between parked cars.
The advocate depute added:"He was pursued and scaled a wall and nearby railway bridge before jumping around 20ft to the embankment below."He confessed:"I done it to feed my valium habit. That gun I had, it is f****d and does not even work. "It was a desperate attempt to get drugs. It was a CO2 gun and the trigger does not work. It was just an attempt."Lord Armstrong remanded McIntosh in custody and adjourned sentencing for reports until January 10 next year in Edinburgh.
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