Police have appealed for information about the raid on the King's Road Parmesan House which has devastated manager Hussein Elmiari
King's Road Parmesan House raid
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Brazen robbers gave a whole new meaning to a hot food takeaway after taking just seven seconds to break in and steal a parmo shop’s till.
Footage from the shop’s CCTV system shows how the till, containing £150, was taken after a front window was smashed in the early hours and an intruder leapt in.
The raid has devastated the manager of the King’s Road Parmesan House in North Ormesby, Hussein Elmiari, who said he never expected to be raided on such a busy road, with cars and taxis passing at all hours and even a police office nearby.
He has now installed improved security shutters in a bid to prevent it happening again.
Police have appealed for information about the raid, which occurred at about 2am on January 22.
It’s a hammmer blow for Mr Elmiari who, fed up with being targeted by raiders “at least 10 times” at a previous shop, took over at the King’s Road takeaway four months ago. He estimates damage worth at least £2,000 was caused in the robbery, with the front window smashed and various items of electronic till equipment damaged when the till was ripped away.
He said: “I think they threw a brick into the window and jumped in over the broken glass.
“It took seven seconds to get straight in, take the till and run away.
“The damage so far has been £900 but it will probably be £2,000.”
Mr Elmiari, 28, says he has been left “angry” and “frustrated” by the raid, which he only discovered had happened when arriving at the shop next day to find the window broken and glass strewn all over.
He added: “Our shop is on a main road. No one would expect someone to smash the window and jump over. I am really shocked by this.
“It’s unbelievable really - something really, really bad.”
A spokeswoman for Cleveland Police confirmed there was a burglary at the store in the early hours of January 22.
She said an officer had viewed CCTV footage and that police were arranging to get a copy of the CCTV from the shop.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact police on 101.
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