Staff refuse to give up cash in Spalding gunpoint robbery

Spalding convenience store staff held at gunpoint refused to give up the contents of the till during a robbery on Monday and the robber left empty-handed.

Lincolnshire Police are appealing for information and have released photograph of the failed robber.

Police said at 8.27pm on Monday, November 5, a man (pictured) entered the Fantasia store on Bourne Road.

He threatened staff with a BB gun and asked them to empty the contents of the till into a grey rucksack.

Staff refused and the man left empty-handed.

If you have any information, or can identify the man pictured in the photograph, you can contact us in one of the following ways:

  • By calling 101, quoting Incident 443 of November 5;
  • By emailing [email protected] – please put Incident 443 of November 5 in the Subject line
  • By calling Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555111.

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