Robber Raids ‘Pop-Up’ Post Office In Tilton on the Hill

A robber has stolen cash after threatening a woman running a Post Office with a metal bar and pushing over a customer during a raid in Tilton on the Hill.

The man went into the ‘Pop Up’ branch at the Village Hall just before 4pm yesterday and escaped with a quantity of cash.

Members of a signing group who were rehearsing in a room next door called Police after they heard screams.

The robber left in a car being driven by another man that was waiting outside the hall on Leicester Road, which drove off at speed in the direction of the A47.

Officers say those involved were left shaken, but no injured.

Anyone with information about the incident is urged to call police on 101 quoting crime reference 20*69442.