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Date of Incident: 24th January 2012
Location of incident: Childer Thornton
Detectives are investigating after a delivery driver was
assaulted and robbed of his van near Ellesmere
Port yesterday.
At around 11.30am on Tuesday 24th
January, a driver for a freight company made a delivery to
an address in Woodland View, Childer Thornton.
Whilst he was out of his van, the driver was assaulted by a man
who then drove off from the scene in the delivery van, a plain
white Mercedes Sprinter type van bearing the
registration KN61 ZYT. There were a number of
parcels aboard the van bound for addresses in Cheshire and the
Wirral.
The victim, who is a 56-year-old man and local to the Chester
area, thankfully only sustained minor injuries
after his aggressors pushed him to the floor. He did not require
hospital treatment.
Police are exploring a number of lines of enquiry including the
sighting of a blue Ford Mondeo parked on the
A41 at its junction with New Road at the time of
the incident. The same car was seen to leave the area at the same
time as the stolen van.
The two offenders are described as follows:
Male 1 - (assaulted the victim and stole the
van) Asian male, aged between 18-25
years, clean shaven and dressed in a
navy blue Adidas sweater and blue
jeans.
Male 2 - (seen near to the scene) White
male, very heavy build, aged in his
early 40′s and unshaven with black/greying
hair. He was dressed in a hooded grey and black
coat, black ill-fitting tracksuit
bottoms, and dirty white trainers. He is
described as having a noticeable paunch.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact
DC
Rob Marshall at Ellesmere Port
CID
on
101 quoting incident 251 24th January
