POLICE are asking a potential witness to an alleged robbery – in which an elderly man was reportedly assaulted and thousands of pounds was taken – to come forward.
The appeal follows an incident at a property in Old St John’s Road near the junction of New St John’s Road between 2.45am and 3.15am on Friday morning. The States police said that an unknown person entered the property, assaulted a vulnerable man before ransacking a bedside drawer and stealing £6,300.
And the force is hoping to identify and speak to a man who walked from Cheapside through town towards Belmont Road in the early hours of that same morning. The individual is not suspected of any wrongdoing but it is believed they could help with the inquiry.
CCTV images have been released showing the man – dressed in a light coloured hoody, dark jacket, light trousers and black footwear – walking from Cheapside at 3.19am, through Parade Park, Burrard Street, Minden Place and Bath Street before turning into Belmont Road at around 3.26am on Friday 4 February.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact police on 612612 or the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or via their anonymous online form at Crimestoppers-uk.org
