A robber held up a building society in Bedworth, and made off with cash after he threatened a cashier.

The man walked into the Coventry Building Society in King Street, Bedworth, just after noon on Tuesday.

A police spokesman said:

“He is believed to have had a gun under a carrier bag and went into the building society and threatened the 20-year-old male cashier, who handed over an undisclosed amount of cash.”

The armed robber is described as aged 35 to 40, with a slim build, unshaven with several days’ growth, an oval face with small eyes and thin lips, and about 5ft 10in tall.

He was wearing a light blue flat cap and a check blue shirt which was hanging loose over his beige Chino-type type trousers, with white training shoes and a grey sweatshirt.

Bedworth police are working with West Midlands officers to see if there are links with similar incidents on their patch.