Potato Peeler Robber Who Held Up Bookies Gets 5 Years Prison
In one of the more bizarre robberies ever reported, a man was sentenced to 5 years behind bars for robbing a bookmaker. The weapon: A potato peeler!
Gary McGain, 29, hid the peeler in a sock so it looked like a gun and pointed it at a cashier’s head.
McGain appears to have been a serial robber, having hit the same bookmakers on at least one previous occasion.
The perpetrator is said to have had a gambling problem, owing significant amounts of money to a local loan shark.
McGain first struck Coral in Maghull.
Prosecutor Iain Criddle said: “He appeared to be carrying what was believed to be a handgun. It was half covered by a sock.
“He was given £550 in cash and ran off.”
McGain pleaded guilty to two charges of robbery and two of carrying an imitation handgun.
- Jagajeet Chiba, Gambling911.com
