Richard William George Webster, 30, and Sean Eoin Brown, 33, were part of a group of three that had been out drinking in York city centre, said Austin Newman, prosecuting at York Crown Court.
When they tried to buy alcohol from the Spar shop in Bridge Street at 2.30am on February 7, 2022 their card was declined and they looked around for someone to buy it for them.
They surrounded a man who was approaching the open-all-hours convenience store and hassled him with threats of violence, rape and death until he submitted to their demands to buy alcohol for them.
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