A shopkeeper was threatened at knifepoint in a daylight robbery yesterday after only owning the shop for two weeks.
Fiona Craig, the new owner of Pen y Maes Newsagents in Bryn y Gwynt, Holywell , was approached by the armed robber on Saturday afternoon.
He entered the store at around 3pm, put the knife over the till and said “give me the cash.”
The fifty two year old then opened the till and the man, who had a scarf covering his face, snatched the money and ran out of the shop and down a side alley way.
Mrs Craig, who was alone at the time, said: “I think he was waiting for the woman to shut her hairdressing shop next door before coming in.
“When he asked for the cash I was taken aback, I didn’t realise what was happening.
“He repeated himself so I opened the till and gave him what he was asking for.
“It was only a matter of seconds but it felt like a lifetime.
“I’m very shaken up and nervous, every time someone comes in now I’m on edge.”
Mrs Craig, a mother of two, described the suspect as being white, 5’2, slim and softly spoken.
She said he was wearing a dark hoodie and tracksuit bottoms with a scarf over his face.
Mrs Craig added: “Nothing like this has ever happened here, it’s very out of the ordinary.”
Mrs Craig and her husband previously owned the Pen y Maes Newsagents, but they sold it six years ago before recently decided to purchase it back.
North Wales Police has now issued an appeal for witnesses to the incident.
A North Wales Police spokesperson said: “Police are appealing for witnesses in relation to a robbery which occurred on the afternoon of Saturday 27 February in the Holywell area.
“The incident took place at Pen y Maes Newsagents in Bryn y Gwynt, Holywell at around 3pm.
“Anyone who saw or heard anything, or has any information, in connection with this incident is asked to call 101 quoting ref U028584.”
see-http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/holywell-newsagent-knifepoint-robbery-two-10961850
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