South Tyneside man accused of threatening shopkeeper with imitation handgun is remanded in custody
Court told that the imitation firearm was placed to the victim’s head.
A South Tyneside man has appeared in court accused of threatening a shopkeeper with an imitation handgun.
Clint Dambers, 39, is alleged to have done so at Sanjay’s Foodstore in Fielding Court, Biddick Hall, at 8.30pm on Sunday, November 1.
Danbers, of Keats Walk, also Biddick Hall, is alleged to have pointed the weapon at an assistant, before being chased out.
At South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court, he did not enter a plea to a charge of attempted robbery.
He also did not enter a plea to a charge of possession of an imitation firearm in a public place.
Prosecutor Christopher O’Brien said the alleged victim was attending a display when a man said to be Dambers entered.
Mr O’Brien said the apparently real gun, which turned out to be an imitation firearm, was placed to the victim’s head.
Magistrates remanded Danbers into custody to appear at Newcastle Crown Court on Wednesday, December 2.