He's now been handed his punishment
A robber who threatened to stab two people in Accrington was arrested within 25 minutes of committing his crimes.
Around 10 minutes later, the second victim was walking down Broadway to work when Clarke began shouting at her to give him money. When she told him she did not have any Clarke told her he had a knife and grabbed her by her coat. He then threatened to stab her and produced a knife.Clarke then pushed her to the floor, which resulted in the victim breaking her wrist. Clarke ran off with her mobile phone. Officers were called, quickly attended and arrested Clarke at 6.35am.
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