IN DECEMBER 2017 POLICE closed Balmoral Road in Dumfries in following reports of a robbery. Following their investigation, Leigh Shields, aged 34 was charged and put before the courts.
Mr Shields has now admitted forcing open the door of a property, punching a woman, pressing a penknife against her neck and robbing her of £350 and a mobile phone.
He also admitted breaking into Wigtown pharmacy on Christmas Day and stealing items, and breaking into a pharmacy in Dumfries with intent to steal on Boxing day.
He was jailed for two years and two months at Dumfries Sheriff Court.
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