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A failed handbag snatcher has been jailed for four years after his victim bravely held onto her bag - even when he brandished a knife.David Teevan, 37, pleaded guilty today to trying to mug the woman on the morning of December 12.He received the four years for attempted robbery, together with 12 months concurrently for possessing the blade.Teevan, of Recreation Drive, Shirebrook, grabbed the woman's handbag as she waited at a bus stop in Alfreton Road at 7.35am.Read more: Derelict building could