Police want to trace customer after Welshpool robbery

Police investigating a bungled armed robbery in a Mid Wales town today appealed for a woman customer who could have vital information to come forward.

The woman was in the shop moments before the attempted robbery at County Goldsmiths in Welshpool and purchased two rings.

Now Dyfed Powys Police want to speak to her in case she saw the three men who stormed the shop loitering around the area at the time.

Jeweller Stewart Woodings, who owns the shop, said three men burst in and attacked him with CS spray and a crowbar.

The 30-year-old, from Shrewsbury, fought the men off, and they fled empty handed before escaping in a car parked nearby.

Detective Inspector Ian Andrews said today: "Not long before the offence a lady customer was in the shop and purchased two rings. The police would like that lady to come forward in case she saw any persons loitering near the premises.

"Shortly before 5pm on Wednesday, three males entered the premises and threatened the owner of the shop.

"The offenders used some kind of spray in an effort to incapacitate the victim however he was able to fight off his attackers and it is possible that one of them received an injury to his face or head area. The males left empty handed and it is believed that they got into a silver coloured vehicle that was parked on Cumberland Place nearby.

"The males were dressed in dark clothing, they wore hoods or scarves and sunglasses. After leaving the premises empty-handed they turned left along Church Street away from the main cross roads."

A witness described similar men getting into a silver car on Cumberland Place.