A shotgun was fired during a robbery at a bookmakers in Ilkeston last night. Two masked offenders burst into Coral Bookmakers, in Nottingham Road, at about 9:30pm.
They threatened members of staff with the firearm, before pulling the trigger. No one was injured and the pair fled empty-handed.
They were white, in their 20s and were wearing dark clothing.
The shop remains taped off this morning.
Police investigating an attempted armed robbery at the Heart of England Co-op in Rugby shortly after 7:30pm last Wednesday night (March 6), have now released a video of the incident in the hope of catching the offender.
The video shows the hooded assailant use a weapon wrapped in a plastic bag to jab a female staff member in the face, causing injuries to her left eye which needed hospital treatment.
He then left the store empty handed.
The offender is described as a white male with a scarf covering the lower part of his face. He is thought to be in his 20s, about 5'8 to 5' 10" tall and slim build.
Two members of staff who worked at a bookmakers in Mansfield have been reliving the moment they were confronted by an armed robber.
They were alone in the shop when the masked man came in, pointed the gun at one of them and demanded money.
Police have released video of an attempted armed robbery in Mansfield
Read the full storyRichard Barnfather said the experience was so surreal. He watched his partner being manhandled and degraded. He said she has suffered physical and mental scarring.
Detectives investigating a violent armed robbery in Staffordshire have been appealing for information. Businessman Richard Barnfather and his fiancé Deborah Leadbetter were tied up, threatened and beaten by masked men armed with a gun at their home near Pattingham on Friday 9th March.
