She usually bought cigarettes and coffee, but on an early July afternoon Shania Williams pulled out a knife instead.
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After buying a 600 millilitre bottle of Coke at the counter of Lavington's Liberty service station, the attendant asked her: "Do you need anything else?"
The now 22-year-old put a hand inside her jumper to retrieve a kitchen knife.
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Williams held the knife by her side and made her demands.
"I will stab you if you don't give me all the money," she said.
Albury Local Court has heard how the shop attendant refused, stepping back and asking: "You must be kidding, right?"
"No," she replied, "I am serious. I'll come around and stab you if you don't give me the money."
The incident from the Urana Road service station on July 27, 2019, at 1.50pm had her fronting court via a video link to jail on a charge of robbery armed with an offensive weapon.
Director of Public Prosecutions representative Aaron Thomas said the matter "has been resolved" and he understood "it will be a plea of guilty".
"It's just simply to be committed to the Albury District Court (for sentence)," he explained to magistrate Richard Funston.
After Williams' demand, the shop attendant grabbed a wad of $50 notes from the till.
"I need all the money," she said as she reached over and took all the $20 notes, too.
Williams fled and the attendant, after waiting until he had served the next customer, called police.
The Lavington woman was arrested later that day at Albury hospital after the methamphetamine addict had reportedly made threats to take her own life.
The case against Williams, who took $820 in the robbery, will be mentioned in the District Court on March 27.