Snooker
legend Alex Higgins’s son has been jailed for robbing a newsagents - after his
hard-drinking father was blamed for his upbringing.
Jordan
Higgins, 31, was high and drink and drugs when he burst into Cheadle News and
grabbed the terrified shopkeeper, Steven Gee, 51, around the throat before dragging
him round the back of the counter.
An
accomplice grabbed boxes of cigarettes worth £1,500 and put them into a duvet
cover.
The
two masked robbers ran out leaving behind another load of cigarettes they
pulled from a shelf as Mr Gee pressed the alarm and locked the door.
The
pair fled in a car with false number plates but it crashed moments later and
police gave chase through nearby gardens.
Higgins
jnr was caught after his DNA was found on the car’s airbag as well as a scarf
and gloves he had used for the robbery, prosecutor Andrew Long told Minshull
Street Crown Court.
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