Shop robbed

A FEMALE shopkeeper is recovering from shock after being robbed at knifepoint in the newsagents where she works.

A man entered Martins in Potter Street at 6am on Tuesday, September 17, and threatened the woman with a kitchen knife. He forced her to hand over more than £1,000 before fleeing across a nearby car park towards a block of flats.

The man was white, in his early 20s and slim. He was wearing black jeans, a dark sweatshirt, a black scarf around his face and white socks over his hands.

Any information to police on 01279 641212.

12:30 Thursday 26th September 2002

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