A shop thief who threatened a member of staff with a metal bar has been jailed.
Pawel Krzeminski, 27, had been stealing chocolates and washing detergent when he was challenged by the man on the morning of July 25.
After wielding the metal bar at Tesco Express, in Nottingham Road, Mansfield, Krzeminski fled across the forecourt and escaped.
Krzeminski, who has multiple previous convictions for theft, returned to the same location two days later and stole items worth about £100.
Pawel Krzeminski has been jailed for two years
When he was arrested in Mansfield on July 29, Krzeminski became aggressive with officers and then spat on the roof of a police car.
He then spat repeatedly in the back of a police van after partially removing the spit hood officers had put over his head to protect themselves.
After kicking the inside of the van on his way to custody, Krzeminski then subjected multiple officers to a barrage of racist and homophobic abuse, at one point directly threatening the children of one of his targets.
Krzeminski, of no fixed address, later pleaded guilty to threatening a person with an offensive weapon in a public place, two counts of theft, two counts of criminal damage, one count of possessing a Class A drug, and racially/religiously aggravated intentional harassment.
Appearing at Nottingham Crown Court on Monday, November 2, he was jailed for two years.
Detective Constable Helen Plummer, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “The main victim in this case could see Krzeminski loading a suspicious number of items into his basket and moved to block the door to prevent his escape.
“During the brief scuffle that followed, Krzeminski reached into his trousers and pulled out a large metal bar.
“This would have been extremely frightening for the victim and any other witnesses simply going about their Saturday morning.
“After his arrest several days later, Krzeminski behaved in a similarly volatile and disgraceful way, so much so that he had to be placed in a spit hood for the protection of our officers.
“I am pleased he has now been jailed.”
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