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Knifeman threatens mother and baby

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Knifeman threatens mother and baby

Apr 27 2004
By Greg Truscott

South London Press

POLICE hunting a gold-toothed robber who threatened a shop customer with a knife as she cradled her baby want to speak to this man.

A knife-wielding robber with two gold incisors threatened to stab a shop assistant and the terrified woman when he held up a video rental store in Clapham Road, Kennington.

The assistant, the woman and her child were ordered into the storeroom as the knifeman and an accomplice ransacked the shop for cash, DVDs and computer games. The two men then left, locking their victims in the shop. A passer-by released them and police were called.

Police are now anxious to trace the woman with the baby who left the scene before officers arrived.

Detective Constable Paul Donoghue said: "These callous robbers need to be caught. They were determined to steal property and unusually threatened a member of the public to achieve their goal.

"We need to speak to the lady who was threatened and is a key witness."

The robbery took place on April 8 just before 10pm. The robber armed with a knife is described as 5ft 7in tall, black and aged about 30. He was wearing a green woolly hat with white stripes, a waist-length dark jacket and blue jeans.

The second suspect is described as 6ft 2in tall, black and about 25 years old. He was wearing a black, hooded jacket with a furry hood and a Burberry check bandanna over the lower part of his face. Both men were last seen walking towards Hanover Gardens.

Call Kennington Crime Unit on 020 8649 2434 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.

020 8710 6435 email: crime@slp.co.uk

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