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Police are re-appealing for witnesses following a robbery at a McColl’s store in Derbyshire.

The incident happened at the store on Barnes Lane in the town of Dronfield at around 4:45pm on 19 January.

According to Derbyshire Police, a man entered the convenience store and demanded money. He left the store in the direction of Carr Lane and then towards Stubley Lane.

The suspect is described as white and around 5ft 7ins tall. He was wearing a black sleeveless body warmer, dark-coloured trousers and a khaki-coloured beanie. 

The incident followed a number of recent robberies across the UK, including an incident in the West Midlands in which a female convenience store worker was attacked by masked men armed with baseball bats and an armed robbery at a convenience store in West Yorkshire.

Anyone with information regarding the ongoing investigation please call 101 and quote the reference number 19*31259 and the name of the officer in the case, DC Dan Appleby, in any correspondence. You can also call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.