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Carlton shop worker threatened by masked men with machete during robbery

Police have launched an investigation after two men threatened an employee of a convenience store with a machete before making off with cash, alcohol and cigarettes.

The robbery happened at around 8.30pm last night (Thursday 26)

A spokesman for Nottinghamshire Police said: “We were called to the shop in Westdale Lane East, Carlton, after the men pushed an employee to the ground and demanded she open the safe.

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The suspects are thought to have left the shop with bin liners containing the stolen goods and cash.

They suspects are described as:

• White, around 5ft3ins, of a slim build and was wearing a grey hoodie, dark tracksuit bottoms with white stripes around the ankles and dark coloured trainers. He had a black balaclava covering his face with cut out eyeholes.

• White, around 5ft 6ins, of a slim build and was wearing a dark coloured Adidas hoodie with coloured stripes down the sleeves and dark tracksuit bottoms and white stripes down the legs. He was wearing a multi-coloured scarf over his face and was carrying a large plastic shopping bag that was also multi-coloured. He is believed to have a local Nottingham accent.

If anyone has any information, please call us on 101, quoting incident number 865 of 26 April 2018.

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