[13 NOV 00] CRIMES, FIRES & ACCIDENTS
Knife Man Holds Up Petrol Station

A petrol station in Warwick was held up by a knife-wielding robber who threatened a teenage cashier.

The offender spent some time in the Jet petrol station in Stratford Road before launching his attack at 6.30pm on Saturday.

He walked up to the counter with some items of food as if he was going to pay for them.

But he then produced a knife and threatened the 17-year-old who was working there.

He took an unknown amount of money from the till and ran off.

He is white, 5ft 8in, had a hood over his head and was wearing a nylon jacket and grey trousers.