A THUG who robbed a man at Benfleet train station has been warned he faces jail.

Ross Stern, 26, pleaded guilty at Basildon Crown Court yesterday to robbing Karl Lowe.

CCTV footage of the robbery on October 6, showed Stern standing in front of the victim and threatening him as he sat on a bench.

The case was adjourned for a probation and psychiatric report and Stern, of Inverness Avenue, Westcliff, was released on conditional bail.

He will return to the court for sentence on July 2.