Three men in a white Jaguar ram-raided an Altrincham jewellers today, just eight months after the same store was targeted in a £186,000 heist.
The sledgehammer-wielding men wearing balaclavas carried out the smash and grab on David M Robinson on Railway Street shortly after 3.30pm.
It’s understood they took a quantity of jewellery – the value of which is as yet unknown – and escaped.
Watch footage from the scene of today’s incident:
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Here's footage live from the scene of the ram-raiding at David M Robinson jewellers on Railway Street. The white car at the scene was involved, with the offenders making their escape on foot. Police were called at 3.45pm.
Posted by Altrincham Today on Friday, February 19, 2016
Police, who said they were called to the scene at 3.45pm, said the robbers escaped on foot down an alley way towards the town centre but at least one witness described seeing a black vehicle used in the getaway.
The white, 63-plate Jaguar used in the ram was abandoned on Railway Street after the incident before being removed by a tow-truck at around 5pm.
A closer view of the damage caused in today’s raid:
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A closer view of the damage caused by the smash-and-grab ram raid on David M Robinson on Railway Street this afternoon.
Posted by Altrincham Today on Friday, February 19, 2016
It’s the third time the shop has been hit in under six years.
Last June, four armed men held up the jewellers in a brazen midday robbery.
It was later revealed that the robbers stole 13 watches with a total value of £186,820, with CCTV images showing they used a battering ram to break through the security door before pushing the shop’s security guard into the shop and ordering him to lie on the ground.
The offenders involved have not been caught.
The jewellers was previously targeted in July 2010, when thieves drove a black Volvo into the front of the store and stole a number of Rolex watches.
More images of today’s raid from the scene:
