Machete-wielding raider holds up shop in Belfast

12/01/2009 - 10:37:55
Police in the North are appealing for witnesses to a robbery in Belfast in which a female shopkeeper was threatened with a machete.

The incident happened at a convenience store in the Belvoir estate yesterday evening.

The raider stole money from the till before forcing the female staff member into a back room and ordering her to open the safe

He then fled the scene with an accomplice who was waiting outside.