Man wanted by police over shop robbery in Sheffield where store assistant threatened

A man is wanted by the police in Sheffield after a robbery in which a shop assistant was threatened.

Two men were involved in a hold up at Costcutter on Fife Street, Wincobank, at 7.47am on Saturday, May 8.

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They asked to buy vodka and cigarettes before threatening the shop assistant and taking the items without paying.

The men left in a Chrysler vehicle.

One man is in prison over the incident but one remains at large.

Jack Flint-Dowling, aged 25, of no fixed abode, appeared at Sheffield Magistrates’ Court on Friday, May 21 charged with theft from a shop.

He was sentenced to eight weeks in prison after pleading guilty and was ordered to pay £60 compensation.

Police officers are now looking to trace the second man involved and have released a CCTV image of a man who could hold vital information.

He is in his thirties and has a tattoo on his neck.

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