70-year-old female cashier held at gun-point in armed robbery

A 70-year-old female cashier was held at gun point in an armed robbery at a bookmaker's shop in Stapleford.

A youth, holding a handgun, demanded money in the incident at Betfred, in Derby Road, Stapleford, at around 9.20pm yesterday. He fled on foot after taking cash from the till.

He is described as white, aged 16 to 17, about 5ft-tall, wearing a black bomber jacket, dark jogging bottoms, gloves and a black and white face covering.

The cashier was taken to the Queen's Medical Centre with a hand injury after the incident.