CCTV image released after two knifepoint robberies at a bookmakers in east London

CCTV: Detectives want to speak to the man pictured
Metropolitan Police
Laura Proto27 February 2016
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A CCTV image has been released of a man detectives want to speak to in connection with two knifepoint robberies at a bookmakers in east London.

Both robberies took place at Coral in The Portway, Stratford, with the first on November 24 and the second on December 4.

A Metropolitan Police Service spokesman said on both occasions, a staff member was en route to bank takings when they were robbed at knifepoint.

A total of £7,500 is said to have been taken.

The suspect is described as a black man who was wearing a black balaclava with grey vertical stitching up the middle, a black Nike puffa-style jacket and black Nike Air Force 1 trainers with white soles.

Anyone with information should call the Flying Squad on 020 8345 1400 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111, quoting crime reference 5334676/14.

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