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A man who threatened a shop worker in Cambridge at knife point has been jailed. Anthony Gawthrop went into the Co-Op in Milton Road on the afternoon of 29 December and approached a member of staff behind the till. He pointed the blade at him and demanded he open the till and empty the contents into a plastic bag. The 38-year-old left the store with around £200 in cash. Gawthrop was arrested for a separate offence when he admitted carrying out the robbery to officers in custody. At Peterborough Crown Court on Friday (16 February), Gawthrop, of no fixed address, was sentenced to two and a half y…

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