Post office robber is jailed for four years

Staff refused to hand over till cash

- JAMES MULHOLLAND

Robert Danskin, 36, was tackled by staff members at the Nisa local store in Abbey View, Dunfermline, in June 2024.

The High Court in Edinburgh previously heard how Danskin had walked into the shop wearing a balaclava.

He brandished w hat prosecutor Anna Chishoim called a “realistic” imitation gun and demanded staff member Cheryl Gourlay fill a bag with money before jumping over a counter and assaulting her by seizing her.

But Cheryl put herself in front of the till and told him he wasn’t getting money. She shouted to her colleagues, who came rushing to help.