Jail for post office robber who threatened to blow pensoner’s head off

A career criminal who threatened to blow a pensioner’s head off in a terrifying post office raid has been jailed for nearly five years. Peter Dixon, 44, pushed frail customer John Sheekey to the floor, kicked him and told staff he would kill the 78-year-old if he did not hand over cash. Later the same day he grabbed £300,000 worth of gems from Richard Ogden Jewellers near Piccadilly Circus. Dixon escaped in a black cab but a member of the…