THREE Truro shop workers were threatened with a knife after catching a shoplifter who then attempted to escape across rooftops.
Christopher Shakespeare, 25, whose string of offences were described in court as "fairly ridiculous", pulled a Stanley knife after being challenged about stealing from shops in Truro.
At the city's Crown Court on Thursday Shakespeare, of Cox Park, Callington, pleaded guilty to stealing ham, vodka and schnapps from Iceland Foods in Fairmantle Street and nail clippers...
