A teenager who robbed e-cigarettes from a Bolton shop has had his jail term extended.

Logan Brown, 18, of no fixed address, had previously pleaded guilty to the charge of robbery.

Juliet Berry, prosecuting, told Bolton Crown Court how Brown, who was 16 when he committed the offence, walked into Dev’s Empire in the town centre on September 7, 2021.

The shopkeeper recognised him and realised that he was banned from the shop.

Ms Berry said: “She asked him to leave and he said he had a knife and took e-cigarettes from the counter and left the shop.”

The shopkeeper followed him outside, with a passer-by coming to her aid.

Brown then "placed his hand onto the bottom of his back", which led both the shopkeeper and passer by to fear he was reaching for a knife.

Ms Berry added: “He pushed her (the shopkeeper) in the chest and grabbed her by the shoulder, which caused her to fall to the floor.”

In her victim statement, the shopkeeper said how her back was sore due to the fall, and how if she saw Brown again she would be scared.

She added: “I’m probably his mother’s age. I can’t believe he has done this.”

Laura Barber, defending, recognised that although the incident was "unpleasant and frightening", he was a young man with no previous convictions at the time of the offence.

She also cited the fact that, had he been sentenced when he was under the age of 18, he would have been eligible for a referral order, which carries a lower sentence.

Ms Barber added that Brown’s home life had been "extremely turbulent" and that he was the "victim of violence".

Concluding, Judge Tom Gilbart sentenced Brown to four months imprisonment on top of a 44-month sentence he is already serving.

He said: “You claimed you had a knife and placed your hand on the bottom of your back, that was a frightening and cowardly thing to do.”

He also cited the aggravating factor that Brown had been on bail for a different offence at the time he committed this offence.

Judge Gilbart placed a 10-year restraining order on Brown, ordering him not to enter Dev’s Empire or to make contact with the shopkeeper.

He also ordered for there to be an explanation from the prosecution as to why the police had not passed the case onto the Crown Prosecution Service earlier, saying that the sequence of events was "entirely unsatisfactory".