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[06 MAR 01]
CRIMES, FIRES & ACCIDENTS
Armed Robbery Spree
Continues In Coventry
Police
are looking at the possibility that a spate of armed robberies
across the city could be linked following a series of attacks on
small stores.
Many
recent attacks have taken place in the Earlsdon and Spon End area
of the city and have featured men with similar descriptions
threatening staff with a knife.
Last
week there were four armed robberies and a street attack, and yesterday
police released details of four more incidents.
The
latest offences involve a robbery at Chapelfields General Store in
Sir Thomas Whites Road, Chapelfields at 9.30pm on Saturday.
Two
men entered the store and one of them threatened the 51-year-old
male serving in the shop with a six-inch kitchen knife. The other
man grabbed between £30-50 cash from the till and both of them
escaped.
The
first man is white, 5ft 8ins to 10ins slim with short brown hair,
and was wearing a black fleece top, black jeans and gloves.
The
other man had brown or black hair, aged 20-40, slim, wearing waist
length black anorak and dark jeans.
Anyone
with information is asked to contact police on 024 7653 9030.
And
a man with a stocking over his head threatened a member of staff
at Victoria Wine in Albany Road with a kitchen knife on Sunday at
9.20pm.
The
offender walked behind the till and grabbed cash and phonecards
before escaping.
He
is white, 6ft, slim, in his late 20s or early 30s and wore a green
tracksuit top with stripes on the sleeve and had light tracksuit
bottoms.
Witnesses
should call 024 7653 9040.
The
attacks happened after man with a knife and a stocking on his head
raided a post office in Spon End and a supermarket in Radford in
Saturday and Sunday.
A
police spokeswoman said:
“We
are looking at the possibility that they might be linked, but it
is too early to say that for definite.
“There
have been quite a few incidents in Coventry lately. There were
several late last week and and we put three or four out
yesterday.”
[05
MAR 01] CITY POST OFFICE HELD UP BY KNIFE MAN
[05 MAR 01] COVENTRY STORE ATTACKED BY ARMED ROBBERS
[01 MAR 01] VIOLENT ROBBERY SPREE HITS CITY
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