Thief threatened staff with screwdriver at Leeds store

By The Newsroom
Published 10th Mar 2016, 12:25 BST
Updated 10th Mar 2016, 12:26 BST
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A PROLIFIC shoplifter was tackled to the ground and disarmed by a shop worker after he threatened her with a screwdriver.

Simon Ripley was jailed for 12 months after a court heard he made threats to staff at a Jack Fultons store during his latest offending spree.

Ripley, who has over 100 convictions for theft, went into the shop in Bramley Shopping Centre on April 8 last year and was challenged by workers after he tried to leave the store with a bag of shopping without paying.

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When he was asked to come back inside the store he told them: “I’m going to stab you with a needle.”

The staff backed off and Ripley then pulled a screwdriver from his pocket.