Drugs wrecking you, bungling bandit told

Aug. 16, 2012, midnight

DRUGS will ruin your life that was the message Shepparton magistrate John Murphy yesterday gave a man charged with attempted armed robbery.

Adam Rhyce Tempo, 32, of Cobram, had told Mr Murphy he had no recollection of allegedly trying to rob a Cobram service station on Monday night, armed with a knife and making threats to kill.

He had said alcohol, mixed with prescription anxiety medication Xanax seems to black me right out.

Detective Sergeant Marcus Boyd told Shepparton Magistrates Court an armed, balaclava-clad man entered the Caltex station on the Murray Valley Highway about 6.55pm and demanded money.

But the attendant took a baseball bat from below the counter and whacked Mr Tempo a couple of times before he left.

Det Sgt Boyd said television footage showed the man was wearing a very bright pair of blue shoes and a distinctive balaclava.

Police found Mr Tempo later that evening in a very drug-induced state with several unexplained injuries. Police had found a balaclava at Tempos house.

Tempo told Mr Murphy his life was falling apart.

This behaviour definitely isnt me, he said.

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