Search for men who robbed shop with machete and hammer - for eight cans of lager and two bottles of wine

Detectives are appealing for help in tracking down three young men who robbed a shop using a hammer and two-foot machete - for eight cans of lager and two bottles of wine.

The robbers - all white and aged in their late teens to early 20s - walked into Select & Save on Frankley Beeches Road in Northfield, just before 9.30pm on 26 August.

They produced weapons and began to threaten a staff member.

One stood guard by the entrance with a large machete as one of the other men held a hammer over the shop keeper’s head.

A third attacker put two four-packs of Carling lager and two bottles of Paul Masson wine into a large orange holdall before all three fled.

The machete-wielder is said to be around 5ft 7ins tall with short brown hair; he was wearing a black bandana across his face and large aviator style sunglasses.

The second man was 5ft 10 inches tall and is shown on security cameras in a burgundy hooded top with a white ‘Voi’ emblem on the front.

The third man with the holdall is seen wearing a black hooded top with a yellow line emblem on the chest.

Anyone with information is asked to call DC Katie Morris on 101 or alternatively call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.