BREAKING NEWS: Guard robbed in McDonald's raid

Thursday, October 16, 2008, 09:30

A security guard was robbed as she put a restaurant's takings into her van.

The guard had been picking up the night's taking from McDonald's, in Barkby Thorpe Lane, Thurmaston, at around 10.20am today when the robbery took place.

One witness described hearing a scream and then seeing a man with a hood over his head threatening the guard with a weapon.

She dropped her cash box, the robber picked it up and ran to a waiting getaway vehicle.

The robbery is the fourth of its kind in Leicester since September 29.








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