A WARRANT has been issued for the arrest of a 20-year-old man who carried out an armed robbery in Innerleithen.

Marques Monroe previously pleaded guilty to assaulting a female employee by brandishing a knife, attempting to rob her of a holdall containing cigarettes and robbing her of a bottle of alcohol.

Monroe - who gave an address as care of his parents in Nottingham - had also admitted possession of a knife at the Caddon Court Store in Innerleithen on May 14 last year.

He was due to be sentenced at Jedburgh Sheriff Court on Monday but failed to appear.