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BRAVE jewellery shop staff tackled two sledgehammer wielding raiders, forcing them out of the premises before smashing the window of their getaway car with a chair.
Horrified customers watched as the masked raiders walked into Cox and Son Jewellers in Great Yarmouth at around 3.20pm yesterday, smashing glass display cabinets and grabbing watches.
But the staff challenged the pair who were wearing white hooded overalls forcing them out of the shop and causing one of them to drop their sledgehammer.
The robbers then got into a red and grey Rover 214 where their getaway driver was waiting but before they could make off, the staff picked up a chair and smashed the passenger window.
The car believed to have been involved was later found abandoned at the rear of East Road Close to the cemetery grounds of St Nicholas Church. A second sledgehammer was found in the vehicle.
No one at the shop was injured or assaulted during the robbery.
Police are particularly keen to hear from anyone who may have seen the vehicle in the Great Yarmouth area during that afternoon or saw the raiders after the vehicle was abandoned.
Anyone who witnessed the incident or saw the vehicle should contact DS Graeme Talbot or DC Craig Lovatt at Great Yarmouth CID on 0845 4564567 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.

Police hunt for masked robbers

09 November 2008 14:57

Police are hunting for two men who used sledgehammers to rob a jewellery shop in broad daylight.
The two robbers walked into Cox & Son, in Northgate Street, Great Yarmouth, at about 3.20pm yesterday (Saturday) wearing white hooded overalls, face masks and carrying sledgehammers.
They attacked a display containing watches with the sledgehammers and removed a quantity of items.
The men were challenged by a member of staff, forced out of the shop and one of the sledgehammers was dropped. The men then got into a red and grey Rover 204, where a third man was waiting for them.
The car was later found abandoned near East Road Close.
There were both members of staff and customers in the shop at the time but no one was injured or assaulted.
Anyone with relevant information about the incident is asked to call Great Yarmouth CID on 0845 456 4567.


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