A robber left a Coatbridge shop with just one cigarette after a plucky assistant handed him one of her own to calm him down. ‌

Christopher Bonnar had threatened to jump over the counter and help himself. ‌

Airdrie Sheriff Court heard he went into Scotmid in Bank Street around lunchtime on April 8. ‌

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