A knifeman tried holding up the assistant manager at a Leicester bookies where he was a regular customer, a court heard.But Gary Neale's demands for cash at the Coral betting shop, in Buckminster Road, off Anstey Lane, were thought to be a joke and were refused.He then handed his mobile phone to the victim and asked him to speak to his wife to explain what had happened.Neale's wife apologised over the phone for her husband's behaviour and explained they were having "financial...
