1.   The two men used an imitation firearm to carry out the robbery.

2.   This offence occurs when the accused has with him a firearm, imitation firearm, weapon of offence, or explosive.

3.   Mr Spence, of Brunel Way, Darlington, County Durham denies threatening to kill his wife, having an imitation firearm and causing an affray.

4.   Deputies said the driver, a Hart High student, confessed and was charged with displaying an imitation firearm.

5.   Judge Gerald Price imposed an additional three-month sentence on Howells for the separate offense of carrying an imitation firearm while on bail.

6.   An imitation firearm, masks, gloves and money were recovered and the men arrested soon after the raid at a petrol filling station in republican West Belfast.

7.   Police had found machetes and imitation firearms.