Pupils horrified at armed daylight car robbery attempt outside Lanarkshire school
dailyrecord.co.ukShocked pupils and teachers watched as two armed thugs tried to rob a dad of his car outside a Lanarkshire primary school. The parent was waiting to pick up children when David Mathewson and Brandon Robertson threatened him with a meat cleaver and a knife.
Graham McMaster, whose partner Charlene Linden was in the car, suffered a cut during a struggle before the attackers turned on his pal and then fled.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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Hamilton Sheriff Court heard Graham was waiting in the school car park with a woman and her mum. Prosecutor Paul Jamieson said: “The area was busy with schoolchildren and parents.“Mr McMaster felt a knife at his neck through the open window of the car and a male voice told him to get out.“He refused and Robertson grabbed the key from the ignition.
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