Thief who threatened two Perth shopkeepers with knife in separate incidents ordered to stay out of trouble

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A 36-year-old man who robbed a supermarket and a petrol station in Perth at knifepoint within 100 days of each other has been warned to stay out of trouble ahead of his next court appearance.Sheriff George Way said last week he was conflicted over whether he ought to let David Blair Edevane back out onto the streets after hearing how he presented a knife to shopworkers and demanded they hand over cash out of their tills on two occasions last year.Fiscal depute Gavin Letford told the city’s sheriff court last Thursday Edevane first struck at Aldi on Glasgow Road on February 4 last year.He said Edevane walked into the discount store with intent to rob them sometime after 8.40pm wearing a black top and distinctive white Adidas trainers.Mr Letford said Edevane approached a shop worker, showed them a knife with a two inch blade and demanded they open their cash register in an “aggressive” manner.“The accused reached into the till and removed money by taking a handful of cash,” he said.Mr Letford went on to explain police later reviewed CCTV footage and recognised Edevane then went to his home to question him and spotted the distinctive white trainers he had been wearing during the robbery lying in his living room.He said the officers were then able to obtain a search warrant and later found a lock knife and a quantity of cash taken from Aldi at the property.“The accused was charged and made no reply,” he said.Moving onto the second robbery Mr Letford told the court it had been around three in the morning of May 11 last year when Edevane entered the BP filling station on the city’s Dunkeld Road.He said Edevane handed a bag full of groceries gathered from within the store over to an employee and when they started scanning the