[13 OCT 00] CRIMES, FIRES & ACCIDENTS
Armed Men Terrorise Supermarket Staff

Masked men armed with sawn-off shotguns herded frightened staff into an office in a Coventry supermarket last night.

They walked into the Co-op in Foleshill Road, Foleshill at 8.45pm and pointed the weapon at assistants there.

The staff were forced to go into the manager’s office. The men then stole a “substantial” amount of money and escaped.

It is thought that the men may have left the area in a Ford Granada.

Both attackers were white and aged between about 30 and 35.

One is large, has a prominent bridge on his nose and dark eyes. He was wearing a balaclava and a green fleece jacket.

His accomplice is slim, with dark sunken eyes. He had has a brown and grey moustache and was wearing a woollen balaclava. He was carrying a black leather sports bag with red handles.