Man put meat cleaver to shop assistant's throat and robbed store

He ran from the store with €970 in cash in the bag.

The accused held a meat cleaver to the throat of one of the shop assistants and ordered the other to fill a bag with cash. Picture: iStock

A man held a meat cleaver to a shop assistant's throat and demanded another assistant fill a plastic bag with cash.

Darren Quigley, aged 25, appeared at Letterkenny Circuit Court in Co Donegal where he pleaded guilty to the frightening robbery.