Robber threatens staff at Southbourne Co-Op

3:49pm Sunday 13th January 2013 in News

The Co-Op in Cranleigh Road, Southbourne The Co-Op in Cranleigh Road, Southbourne

A ROBBER threatened staff at a Bournemouth shop before making off with cash.

The raid happened at the Co-Op in Cranleigh Road, Southbourne, on Saturday at 9.50pm.

Police said on Sunday afternoon that the robber was white, of medium build, around 6ft 2ins tall, and was wearing dark trousers, a dark coat over a grey hooded top, a baseball cap and a scarf covering his nose and mouth.

DC Neil Third of Bournemouth CID said: “This was a distressing incident for the staff and I would urge anyone with information that may assist the investigation to contact police.”

Anyone with information should call police on 101 or Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.

Comments(16)

Peggy Babcock says...
4:54pm Sun 13 Jan 13

Same guy who's been carrying oi the recent spate of hold ups? My money's on yes it is.

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John T says...
5:04pm Sun 13 Jan 13

Hardly Breaking News,18 hours after the event took place.
More like Breaking Records for swift reporting by the Echo!

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GAHmusic says...
5:40pm Sun 13 Jan 13

Doesn't he qualify for a nick name now?

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Mikeyunibournemouth says...
6:03pm Sun 13 Jan 13

I drove past as the boys in blue were there. In attendance was one of the brand new seriously smart Volvo V70 ARV's - very nice indeed.

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Old Colonial says...
7:20pm Sun 13 Jan 13

Just a question. 'Threatened staff...', what with? Gun, knife, bludgeon? Would it be illegal to have a couple of baseball bats behind the checkouts, or a mace spray?

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dylexic bobert says...
7:20pm Sun 13 Jan 13

At least they know his name now.

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BIGTONE says...
7:56pm Sun 13 Jan 13

Is Southbourne advertised in the robbers times?

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pete woodley says...
8:06pm Sun 13 Jan 13

Its just that a lot there dress just like the robber,so its easier for him to mix with the crowd.

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Afcblees says...
8:26pm Sun 13 Jan 13

Beaufort estate hoodies

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Clarrie says...
11:16pm Sun 13 Jan 13

A lot of people dress the same due to age related fashion, regardless of where they live!!!!! Here's hoping the staff involved are ok and get the support they may need

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pete woodley says...
5:59am Mon 14 Jan 13

Age related fashion,what a load of ********.

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Hunter1234 says...
6:03am Mon 14 Jan 13

Here we go again good old bournemouth making another headlines it's getting like Bronx here

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sunny southbourne says...
11:34am Mon 14 Jan 13

Thank goodness we live where we do, this sort of crime is a shock to us, big news! There are many parts of our country where this happens so much more regularly, and in the same shops over and over again! This co op was subject to this sort of crime once before and that was over 20years ago, that shows how little crime there really is around here. Thinking of the very friendly staff there, it must be awful for them!

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stevobath says...
3:26pm Mon 14 Jan 13

sunny southbourne wrote:
Thank goodness we live where we do, this sort of crime is a shock to us, big news! There are many parts of our country where this happens so much more regularly, and in the same shops over and over again! This co op was subject to this sort of crime once before and that was over 20years ago, that shows how little crime there really is around here. Thinking of the very friendly staff there, it must be awful for them!
Forgot to add.

My mates Mum was a cashier when it was robbed in the 90s...:)

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stevobath says...
3:36pm Mon 14 Jan 13

pete woodley wrote:
Age related fashion,what a load of ********.
...'Hooded Tops' are worn by all sorts of people & all sorts of ages.The scarf over the nose & mouth would strike me as more suspicious than wearing a hooded top?


I do laugh though, in the way Cameron was telling everyone to 'Hug a Hoody' some years back!..

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Gollum2046 says...
9:38am Tue 15 Jan 13

problem is that it also got done over in 2001 where the police had to bring in help from swanage i know 3 of the staff that worked there on that occation

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