A RYDE man has been jailed for three-and-a-half years after demanding money at knifepoint. Kieran James Thompson, no stranger to the court with 12 previous convictions for 22 offences, admitted robbery and possession of a bladed article, namely a knife, on May 19, 2020. He had originally denied the offences and the matter was set for trial, until Thompson changed his plea on June 14 to make admissions. Thompson, 25, of High Park Square, had been in custody on remand. Roderick Blain, prosecuting, told the court a man had arranged to buy some cannabis and meet a man called Rodney in the car park of the Co-operative supermarket in Ryde.