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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Stephen Topping

Wigan store worker threatened with a knife to hand over vodka - police want to speak to this man

Police want to speak to this man after a Wigan store worker was threatened with a knife in an attempted robbery.

Officers were called to reports of a man with a knife at the Premier Store, on Beech Hill Avenue, at about 8.55pm on Thursday, April 1.

Greater Manchester Police says the offender threatened to stab customers and the store worker if he did not get what he demanded.

The force has now released a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to following the incident.

Police have released this CCTV image of a man they want to speak to following the attempted robbery in Wigan (Greater Manchester Police)

Detective Constable Paul Sumner said: "The suspect entered the store, produced a large knife and said: 'Give me the money out of the till'.

"The victim refused and the suspect then threatened to stab customers if the victim did not hand over money.

"The suspect then demanded a bottle of vodka or he would stab the victim."

The suspect is described as white, 6ft 1in tall and about 35 years of age.

At the time of the incident, he wore a black tracksuit with white initials on the left side of the chest and on the bottoms, as well as a grey baseball cap which was partly covered by the hood of his tracksuit.

The man also wore black Adidas trainers and a light-coloured face mask over his lower face, but he had black facial hair beneath it.

Anyone with information is urged to contact Wigan CID by calling 0161 856 7264, quoting 06LL/00084222/21.

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