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The McColls shoplifter who went back with a MACHETE - and laughed as he fled with £300

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here"It is such a horrible weapon to use," the worker said.Manchester Crown Court heard that Higson and the other unidentified robber went into the store on Walkden Road at about 8pm on January 7 last year.Higson did not have his face covered at first, but the other man did.They left but returned a few minutes later, with Higson's face now covered.Both jumped over the counter, Higson wielding a machete and the other with a knife, demanding that staff open the till.About £300 was stolen.But as he climbed over the counter, Higson's mask slipped and his face was visible.He held the machete 'as if he was going to hit them with it', prosecutor Kate Gaskell said.Higson then asked where the safe was, and after being told it was on a timer both.

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