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24/03/2010
Masked Robbers Threaten Pub Staff
Police have issued a witness appeal following a burglary at a Chigwell pub in which three members of staff were threatened by masked thieves armed with a crowbar.
Two men forced their way in through a back door at the King William IV pub in High Road at about 9.30am on Monday.
They confronted a 48-year-old cleaner who was working on the ground floor then dragged two other members of staff, aged 32 and 33, from their beds in a first floor flat.
The burglars then threatened all three men with a crowbar and ordered them to open a safe. They escaped with a four-figure sum of cash.
Investigating officer, Sgt Tina Hart, said: "This was a frightening attack and all three members of staff were badly shaken by their ordeal.
"The man who was cleaning downstairs was grabbed from behind and the other two men had both been asleep upstairs and were dragged from their beds and forced down the stairs.
"We want to hear from anyone who was in the area at the time or from anyone who has information about who was responsible. The pub is near two busy junctions and there might have been queues of traffic outside the pub."
The two thieves were both thought to be wearing dark-coloured hooded jackets with the hoods pulled up over balaclavas.
Both are thought to be white and one was about 6ft tall and and of large build. The other man was about 5ft.8in and of medium build. The taller man was wearing white canvas deck shoes.
(PR/GK)
Two men forced their way in through a back door at the King William IV pub in High Road at about 9.30am on Monday.
They confronted a 48-year-old cleaner who was working on the ground floor then dragged two other members of staff, aged 32 and 33, from their beds in a first floor flat.
The burglars then threatened all three men with a crowbar and ordered them to open a safe. They escaped with a four-figure sum of cash.
Investigating officer, Sgt Tina Hart, said: "This was a frightening attack and all three members of staff were badly shaken by their ordeal.
"The man who was cleaning downstairs was grabbed from behind and the other two men had both been asleep upstairs and were dragged from their beds and forced down the stairs.
"We want to hear from anyone who was in the area at the time or from anyone who has information about who was responsible. The pub is near two busy junctions and there might have been queues of traffic outside the pub."
The two thieves were both thought to be wearing dark-coloured hooded jackets with the hoods pulled up over balaclavas.
Both are thought to be white and one was about 6ft tall and and of large build. The other man was about 5ft.8in and of medium build. The taller man was wearing white canvas deck shoes.
(PR/GK)
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