Northumbria Police
Louis Crosby demanded money from a Sunderland shop after losing out to an online scam
A husband-to-be tried to rob a shop with a gun when he lost money saved for his wedding in a cryptocurrency con.
Student Louis Crosby, 25, "naively" converted his savings into digital cash before he was scammed, a court heard.
On 27 November, shortly after learning the money had gone, he went to a shop in Sunderland and demanded cash but was foiled when staff fought back.
Crosby, of Portobello Road, was jailed for two years after admitting attempted robbery and possessing a firearm.
The sentence was suspended for two years by a judge who said Crosby was plunged into a "crisis" by the cryptocurrency "disaster".
Grabbed at gun
Newcastle Crown Court heard Crosby walked into the Premier shop on St Luke's Road, at about 22:50 GMT and told staff "give me the money, I have a gun".
The store owner and a worker put up an "astonishing" fight, knocked the weapon out of Crosby's hand and...
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