[14 AUG 00] CRIMES, FIRES & ACCIDENTS
Balaclava Man Threatens Lone Cashier

A robber in a balaclava used a knife or syringe in a late-night robbery at Leamington petrol station.

A Warwickshire police spokesman said:

“A man was working alone when another man came into the shop. He demended cigarettes and money from the till and threatened the shop assistant with a knife or a syringe.”

The robber fled with four packets of cigarettes and a handful of £10 notes from the till. The shopworker was not thought to be injured, but was shocked.

The robber was described as a white male, aged in his late 30s, with stone-washed light coloured jeans.

The robbery took about about 12.45am on Sunday at the BP service station in Brunswick Street, and the robber left on foot towards Aylesford Street.