Man armed with scissors tried to rob Stagecoach bus with plastic bag over his head
Perth man who tried to rob a Stagecoach bus driver while wearing a blue plastic bag on his head as a mask - and armed with a pair of scissors - was jailed for 20 months at the Sheriff Court.A jury took just 15 minutes to convict 26-year-old Stephen Robertson who had been on remand in Perth Prison awaiting trial on a three-charge indictment.He was unanimously found guilty of attempting to rob Simon Barlow in the city’s Scott Street on May 18, 2020, after boarding the bus, with his face masked, presenting the scissors at him and demanding money from him.The jury had been shown incriminating video footage of a man getting on the bus in the city centre the evening after his birthday last year.Detective Constable Cara McIntosh (30) told the