Shop staff threatened by knifeman

12:43pm Friday 17th August 2012 in Castle Point By Gina Marden

A SHOP worker was threatened by a knife-wielding robber during a hold-up.

The 63-year-old man was working at the MiniMart in Hart Road, Benfleet when the raider struck.

He threatened the frightened employee with the blade before forcing him to hand over cash.

The robbery happened at 9pm on Thursday.

Comments(3)

Ricayboy says...
4:38pm Fri 17 Aug 12

What, no description of the robber?

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Truth Will Prevail says...
8:49pm Fri 17 Aug 12

Knife crime in Thundersley, that's a first. Bet it turns out he's from somewhere else.

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sally95 says...
10:48am Mon 20 Aug 12

This is completely wrong information. The echo clearly do not have a clue as to what has gone and therefor should not be reporting on this. They should have gathered the correct information and checked it was correct before posting, printing and making false alegations public knowledge !!!

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