Saturday, November 8, 2014

Staff left shaken after armed robbery at Middlesbrough off licence


Staff at a Middlesbrough off licence have spoke of their shock following an armed robbery on Monday evening.


A man claiming to have a gun stole cash from the Longlands Stores Premier Express shop on Longlands Road.


The incident took place at around 9.35pm when a man entered the store and threatened a member of staff leaving them terrified.


Ann Wilson, 46, was the only member of staff at work at the time.


Having only worked there a couple of months, the mother-of-two said: “I was standing outside having a cigarette when a man came and dropped his bike outside.


“I went back inside and went behind the counter.


“He said give me the money otherwise I will shoot you.


“I was in shock at the thought of what he was going to do. I just gave him the money.


“He went outside but then he came back in. He told me not to get my phone and then he went.”


A Cleveland Police spokeswoman said: “A member of shop staff, a woman, was left scared and shaken after the incident.


“The man then made off with an unknown amount of cash.”


The suspect has been described as a white man, wearing a woolly hat and a blue jacket.




  • Anyone who may have witnessed the incident, or have information that could help the police, are asked to call the non-emergency number 101.





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