A robber dressed in black took £700 from a bookmakers before bumping into a passer-by.

Sussex Police are appealing for witnesses to a robbery at Ladbrokes betting shop in South Street , Lancing at around 8.30pm on Tuesday after a man entered the store and demanded money from the member of staff.

Around £700 was handed over and the man left bumping into a person outside before meeting up with a second male who was waiting outside and they both ran south along South Street and turned right into Elm Grove.

The robber is described as around 6', stocky or muscular build, about 30 and was wearing a woolly hat pulled down over his eyes with holes cut in it.

Anyone with information should call Sussex Police on 101 quoting serial 1463 of 18/2.

 

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