Christopher McGovern, 19, pounced on the two men as they filled an autoteller at a store in Glasgow’s Gallowgate last November.
A drug-addicted teenager who robbed £40,000 from two security guards in Glasgow has been jailed.
McGovern, who had a £500-a-week cocaine habit, was caught after his fingerprints were found on a cardboard box lying in a nearby doorway.
The apprentice bricklayer admitted to the assault and robbery when he appeared at the High Court in Glasgow last month.
On Monday, Judge Lord MacKay jailed him for four and a half years.
He also ordered McGovern to be supervised for a further two years on his release. Members of his family left in tears as McGovern was lead to the cells.
The court earlier heard how the security guards had called at East End Newsagents in the city’s Stevenson Street last November 1 with cash for an ATM.
McGovern – who had been loitering nearby – followed them in and then pointed what appeared to be a gun at them. The masked teenager repeatedly demanded: “Give me the f***ing money”. Teenager jailed for robbing security guards of £40k Christopher McGovern, 19, pounced on the two men as they filled an autoteller at a store in Glasgow’s Gallowgate last November.
McGovern then snatched two security boxes with a total of £40,000 inside and ran off from the shop. Police were called and dad-of-one McGovern was recognised from CCTV footage.
