A MAN tried to take a car from a locked garage compound after threatening a security guard with a machete.
Paul Thompson, 20, of Windsor Terrace, Leadgate, near Consett, broke into locked premises at Pickering Nook Garage, near Burnopfield, County Durham, on March 29.
Durham Crown Court heard he got into the site some time after 7.30pm.
A security guard saw him on the garage's security cameras. Thompson, who was carrying a machete, sat in a Vauxhall Astra and tried to start it. The guard called police. Thompson kicked at the locked office door, but failed to get in and ran away.
He was arrested and charged with attempted robbery and possession of an offensive weapon in a public place.
Thompson admitted the charges last month, and the case was adjourned for probation and psychiatric reports.
He was due to be sentenced yesterday but no psychiatric report had been prepared.
Judge Richard Lowden adjourned the case for six weeks to allow the report to be prepared. Thompson was remanded in custody.
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