VIDEO: CCTV footage of bookie robbery released

Footage shows knife-wielding robber holding up a Tilehurst bookmakers

VIDEO footage of an armed robbery taking place in a bookmakers shop in Tilehurst has been released.

A masked raider brandishing a knife held up Coral bookmakers in Overdown Road, Tilehurst, last month, and escaped with over £1,000 in cash.

Thames Valley Police released CCTV footage of the robbery last Thursday (14) as part of an appeal to the public, and a reward has also been put up for information leading to a conviction.

The footage shows a member of staff and two members of the public trying to stop the offender taking the money.

Dc John Yallop, from Newbury CID, said: “The footage is quite dramatic and shows two men acting very bravely in using stools and chairs to try to prevent the offender from getting the money.

“I hope that by releasing this footage, members of the public who have information about this incident and who have not yet come forward, will speak to police.

“Someone may also recognise the mask the man is wearing.”

A reward of £5,000 for has been offered by Coral along with the Association of British Bookmakers Ltd.

The offender is described as white, 5ft 9ins, skinny build, and in his early twenties.

He was wearing an army coloured ski mask, a brown hooded top, light coloured jogging bottoms and trainers.

Anyone with any information about this incident should telephone the police non-emergency number on 0845 8 505 505, or call Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

Clink on the link above to see the CCTV footage.