A man who robbed a Stirling convenience store at knifepoint last year has been jailed.

At the High Court in Edinburgh on Thursday, April 14, Richard McPhee was sentenced to six years in prison for the incident, which happened at the Day to Day shop on Drip Road.

McPhee, 36, entered the premises and presented the knife to a female staff member before stealing several hundreds of pounds and making off.

Local inquiries identified McPhee as being responsible and he was detained at his home address the following day.

Detective Constable Lauren Wotherspoon from Stirling CID said: “This was a very frightening experience for the shop worker and while she was uninjured during the robbery, the incident left her extremely shaken and upset. 

“As a result of our investigation, we established that McPhee lived nearby and this appears to have been his motive for targeting the store.

“His sentence reflects the commitment of both Police Scotland and the Crown Office to identify those who carry or use weapons and remove them from our communities.”