CCTV images issued after armed raid on bookmaker

POLICE yesterday took the "unusual step" of issuing CCTV images to help catch two men who robbed a bookmakers armed with a knife and a gun.

At about 10.20 am on Thursday, 31 March, the men entered William Hill on Moir Crescent, Aberdeen.

One of the suspects approached with what appeared to be a handgun and demanded money from the female assistant, while the second man remained at the door brandishing a knife.

Det Insp Norman Stevenson said: "As a result of the action of the suspects, the female assistant was compelled to hand over a sum of money and the suspects made good their escape.

"We have taken the unusual step of releasing these CCTV images in the hope that they will jog someone's memory who may have seen or know either of these men.

"They were last seen running along Moir Crescent and turning right onto Cummings Park Circle around the time of the robbery."

The man at the door was between 16 and 20 years old, about 5ft 6in and slim, while his companion was about the same age, 5ft 8in, slim and wearing a distinctive blue jacket with the hood up.