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Cross-eyed robber in raid at Southampton bookies

 

THIS is the terrifying moment staff in a Hampshire bookies came face to face with a knife-wielding robber.

The thief, who is distinguishable because he is cross-eyed, casually walked in to the betting shop and leapt over the counter to demand cash.

 

 

 

Shocked customers backed away while others ran along the back corridor as the man, whose face was mostly covered with a scarf or balaclava, brandished the blade and demanded the tills and safe were opened.

He then grabbed a substantial amount of cash – the exact amount has not been revealed – before running off.

Today detectives released dramatic footage of the robbery in the hope to catch the man responsible – who it is also believed could be to blame for at least one other raid at a bookies in the city.

Officers say it is possible that the same man, recognised because of his eyes, carried out a robbery at a Coral store in Bedford Place last June.

And they are not ruling out he could be responsible for several others that have taken place in and around the city.

In the latest incident, which happened at Coral in St Mary Street, the thief struck just before 9pm last Saturday night.

A 28-year-old member of staff was serving a customer at the counter when he brazenly walked in, in front of CCTV cameras.

The raider was black and was wearing blue jeans with a black belt and a blue hoodie. He is thought to either be cross-eyed or have a lazy eye.

Detective constable Claire Mason, said: “We are linking this crime to at least one other similar robbery. In both cases the staff were left shaken by what had happened and we are very keen to find the man responsible who description is very similar in both cases.”