Store raided 3 times in 4 hours

TERRIFIED staff were assaulted during THREE thefts from the same Nuneaton store in less than FOUR hours.

Police were called out three times to the Co-op store in Camp Hill on Monday, the final time in which members of the public and two staff members were injured.

The evening of drama around the store started at 5.20pm when a group of young people were reported to have stolen two crates of Budweiser from the Copper Beech Road-based shop.

The same group are believed to have returned at 7.10pm and stolen another crate of beer.

During this theft, a female member of staff tried to stop one of the gang members by standing in the way of the door but he grabbed her arm and pushed her out of the way.

Half an hour later, police were called to reports that four suspects had stolen a box of Stella bottles from the nearby Jesvic Convenience Store in Camp Hill Road.

Then, at 9.30pm, three suspects wearing hoodies and tracksuit bottoms went to the Co-op store in Copper Beech Road and helped themselves to beer.

They were approached by members of the public and two staff members who tried to stop them. This led to them suffering from what have been described as minor injuries.

Investigations into the evening of trouble are ongoing and police are urging any witnesses to call 101 quoting incident 443 of April 30.