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Violent robber faces prison

A ROBBER who burst into a pensioner's flat as he slept before wrapping the man's head with cling film and stubbing a cigarette out in his face was told he faces a "lengthy" jail term.

Raymond Moir and Michael McLelland burst into Alasdair Thorburn's flat in Perth.

Mr Thorburn told the High Court in Dundee he had returned to his flat from a pub and fell asleep. A short time later he was woken by two men in his flat.

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