Mark Evans, 38, of Frederick Gardens, Croydon, was sentenced at Guildford Crown Court after pleading guilty to all charges. He will serve a custodial term of three years and four months, with an extended licence period of three years to follow.
Officers were called to Redhill Food and Wine in Horley at 8.55pm on Sunday 6 December, following a report of robbery in progress at the store. Evans had had entered the shop and approached the counter, where he picked up a glass bottle of beer and waved it at the shop worker, demanding repeatedly that he “Empty the till.”