Birmingham convenience store robbed at knifepoint

A knife-wielding masked robber robbed a convenience store in Birmingham, forcing the staff to empty the till.

In CCTV footage seen by local publications, a man was seen entering the VR Supermarket in Kingstanding Road just before 3pm on Thursday (20).

Once inside he brandished a knife towards a man and woman behind the till.

The man was heard ordering the cashier at the Kingstanding shop to open the till.

“Everything out of the till,” said the robber, while pointing the blade at the shopkeeper.

While the staff behind the till tried to stress that there is no cash in the store, the robber continued to yell at them and forced them to empty the till.

He tapped the counter with his knife as he directed the shopkeeper to place the notes on the counter, before stuffing them into his pocket.

The cashier calmly complied and the man left the shop in less than 30 seconds.

The robber was a man dressed all in black with a black Nike hoodie, with the hood up, a black face covering, black trousers and wearing black, grey and white trainers.

He was carrying a black bag and spoke with a local accent.

West Midlands Police confirmed it was investigating the incident.

A spokesman for the force said, “We are investigating a robbery at a shop in Birmingham.

“We were called to Kingstanding Road shortly before 3pm on March 20 after a man entered the shop, threatened staff with a knife and made off with cash."

Meanwhile, in an unrelated case, the West Midlands Police charged a man with two shop thefts, assaulting a police officer and possessing drugs following an arrest by Walsall town centre neighbourhood officers.

Officers from our Pleck and Delves neighbourhood team, responded quickly on Match 20 morning to arrest a man who had allegedly stolen goods from a shop on Broadway, Walsall.

He has been charged with theft from a shop on 3 Feb and 20 March, possession of a controlled drug Class B on 20 March and common assault of an officer on 3 February.

He has also been previously charged with 27 shop theft offences across Walsall and the possession of a knife with his court case adjourned until 16 June at Dudley Crown Court.