On his way home after losing a large quantity of money on the pokie machines, a meth-addicted man with a $2000 drug debt to pay stopped at a Taranaki liquor store and robbed it at knifepoint.
With the hood of his jersey pulled up, a bandanna covering his face and sunglasses on, Quinn Lewis Moore entered the Big Barrel liquor store in Waiwhakaiho, New Plymouth, around 5pm on December 27.
The 27-year-old walked behind the counter and pointed a knife at the sales attendant, New Plymouth District Court heard on Friday.
Where is the money, Moore asked the victim.
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