'Armed' man holds up Yorkshire Bank in Hull's Princes Avenue
A MAN who claimed to be armed held up a bank in west Hull today.
The man entered the Yorkshire Bank on Princes Avenue, west Hull, shortly before 1pm and handed the cashier a note asking for money.
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The Yorkshire Bank on Princes Avenue was held up today
He put the cash into a red/orange bag and left the bank. It is thought he walked in the direction of Duesberry Street.
The offender is described as a white man, aged between 30 to 40 years old, around 5ft 10ins tall and of a slim build. He was wearing a woollen hat, which covered part of his face, dark blue tracksuit bottoms and white trainers.
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There are a number of officers currently in the area carrying out searches in an attempt to locate the offender.
Police have stressed even though the man claimed to be armed no firearm was seen by the cashier.
It has not yet been revealed how much money was stolen.
Police are appealing for anyone who may have seen somebody matching the description of the offender around the time of the robbery to contact police on 101 quoting log 244 of 05 February 2013.
9 Comments
by Scoff_Cruddle
Wednesday, February 06 2013, 4:28PM
“He must have been strong to hold it up by himself. Get the deep heat rub.”
by adolfo
Wednesday, February 06 2013, 10:10AM
“Desparate times, desparate measures,I'd have rather had a bank card myself!”
by Batman2010
Tuesday, February 05 2013, 7:44PM
“Arthur Hunt... There is clearly a description within the article.”
by ArthurHunt
Tuesday, February 05 2013, 7:36PM
“Well at least we have a description - white.. Whoops so no description means the HDM have censored the fact it is an immigrant... as if we couldn't work that out.
Very true comment by NorthBar...”
by J101186
Tuesday, February 05 2013, 7:06PM
“Your all sick to make jokes out of this!”
by cmbuild
Tuesday, February 05 2013, 6:47PM
“The photo of the bank sign is really helping the masses identify him.”
by NorthBar
Tuesday, February 05 2013, 5:49PM
“Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank! Give a man a bank and he can rob the world!”
by jimmyst1
Tuesday, February 05 2013, 5:34PM
“well they've robbed us for long enough now the boots on the other foot haha”
by PatrickNewman
Tuesday, February 05 2013, 4:34PM
“This is silly. If he wanted to rob a bank why didn't he join the management!”