10/12/2002

Man held at knifepoint during robbery

Police are appealing for information after a customer at a petrol station in east Belfast had a knife held to his throat during a robbery last night.

At around 11.30pm, a man armed with a knife and with a scarf covering his face held up staff and a male customer at the Bellsbridge Filling Station on the Cregagh Road in east Belfast.

The robber put the knife to the throat of the customer and demanded money from the till. He made off with a sum of money, and fled in the direction of Mayfair Avenue.

The man who was held at knifepoint left the scene prior to the arrival of police and detectives have appealed to him to come forward.

(GMcG)

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