A SUGAR-fixated Mildura bandit who threatened to cut a supermarket staffer's head off with a machete has been released after 79 days in pre-sentence detention.

Jonathon Peterson appeared via video link in Mildura Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, and pleaded guilty to 12 charges including unlawful assault, theft, and property damage.

The court heard that Peterson began a spate of shoplifting offe...