Joel Maguire, of Pimhill Close in Toxteth (Image: Merseyside Police)

A robber who shoved meat and a bottle of wine down his trousers in a Tesco supermarket made a candid confession to a shop manager who confronted him. Joel Maguire, 34, was caught by shop manager Adam Underwood as he attempted to walk out of the London Road store in Liverpool city centre with the items concealed in his clothes.

Maguire became verbally abusive and threatened to "end [the manager's] life and burn this shop down" before frankly admitting: "I'm Joel Maguire from Toxteth". The incident occurred at the Tesco Express on London Road on the morning of March 22 this year.

At Liverpool Crown Court today, November 27, prosecutor Ian Hopkins said: “Mr Underwood was at work when the defendant arrived on a ped

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