Man in court over Motherwell tanning salon robbery
Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.A knife-wielding thug ordered a tanning salon owner to lie down and robbed her of cash.The woman thought Jonathan Elliott was a customer when he turned up at the Motherwell premises.But he brandished a kitchen knife and put her through a terrifying ordeal, Hamilton Sheriff Court was told on Friday.Elliott, 31, of High Coats, Coatbridge, was jailed for 21 months.He admitted robbing the woman of £130 at Kilgours in Merry Street on June 7 last year.Jennifer McLaren, prosecuting, said: “She was awaiting her next customer and heard someone come in about 4.40pm. She thought it was the customer.