'Downward spiral of alcohol abuse' led to robbery

By Christopher Knaus
Updated April 18 2018 - 10:51pm, first published March 1 2013 - 2:07pm

A man who hit a service station attendant with a tyre iron during a violent robbery has spoken of going "off the rails", turning to alcohol to drown out his grief after a visit to his mother's grave for the first time in years.

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