Footage showing the terrifying moment a woman entered a Co-op store brandishing a knife has been released.
Kayleigh Doughty brandished a knife and donned a pair of tights over her head, then burst into the Hungry Inn Takeaway in Caia Park, demanding cash from a shop worker.
But she fled empty-handed and then turned her attentions to a Co-op store next door, only to meet even more resistance as staff pushed a stand and a cart at her forcing her to beat a hasty retreat.
Jailed: Kayleigh Doughty
Images provided by Crown Prosecution Service
Doughty, 29, formerly of Coed Aben in Caia Park, pleaded guilty to both charges of attempted robbery.
On Tuesday, she was jailed for three years and four months.
The full story from court can be read here
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