Police are appealing for witnesses after an elderly woman had her hands cut in a robbery in Hanham. The robbery occurred at 9.50am on Thursday 9th September. The victim, a 77-year-old woman, was walking along Hunters Road, Hanham when she was approached by another woman. The woman tried unsuccessfully to grab the woman’s bag at which point she threatened to
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Police are appealing for information after an 18-year-old man was the victim of a robbery in Staple Hill on Saturday night (14th August). The victim got off the number 49 bus at South View in Staple Hill at around 11.15pm. Two men, aged between 17 and 19-years-old, then followed him before pushing him to the ground, assaulting him and stealing
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Police in South Gloucestershire are appealing for witnesses following an armed robbery at a betting shop in Filton. At around 6.30pm on Tuesday, April 20 an unknown offender has entered a betting shop on Filton Avenue and threatened a staff member, with what was believed to be a knife, and ordered him to hand over cash. It’s believed the offender
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Police in South Gloucestershire are appealing for information following a robbery in Kingswood on Sunday, April 4. At around 11:15pm the victim was cycling home along Soundwell Road, Kingswood when he was approached by a group of men, commenting on his mountain bike. Its then alleged that one of the group threatened the victim to hand over his bike. The
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Police are appealing for information in relation to a robbery in Almondsbury on Saturday, March 20. At around 4pm on Saturday afternoon the victim, a 19 year-old woman, had travelled to Almondsbury with her mother and boyfriend to meet the vendors of a car advertised for sale on the internet. When she arrived at the arranged meeting point – the
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Police are appealing for information following an attempted robbery in Mangotsfield on Sunday (March 21) At around 1.00am a man was walking along Rodway common when a man approached him with a weapon and demanded money and his mobile phone. The offender ran off after a scuffle and the victim was left unhurt and no property was stolen. Police would
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Police have issued an appeal for information following a robbery in the Cadbury Heath area. The incident occurred at about 6.30pm on Tuesday March 2. A 16-year-old woman was walking away from the No 43 bus stop near to the Lamb public house in Newton Road. The victim was approached by a man who demanded her mobile phone, trying to
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Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman was robbed in Somerfield Car Park, Halls Road, Kingswood. The incident occurred on Wednesday 10th February 2010 between 2 and 2.15pm. The victim was sat in her car (a blue Volkswagen Polo) when a man ran up, opened the passenger door and grabbed her handbag. The victim grappled with him, the straps
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Police are appealing for witnesses to an assault and robbery in Filton, South Gloucestershire on Friday, January 15. The victim, a 19-year-old man, was attacked by three youths at around 6.15pm as he cycled along Elm Park, a footpath next to the playing field at the rear of Filton sports centre. He was knocked to the ground but wasn’t badly
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Police are appealing for witnesses after a teenage boy was robbed in Staple Hill. At around 4.50pm on Wednesday (January 13) the 15 year old was walking through Page Park when he was repeatedly punched by three black men and robbed. His MP3 player was taken and he received bruising to the face. Police would now like to speak to
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