Armed robbery on union road.
 

Just been into work to buy a few things and got informed that last night at around 9:40 the shop was raided by a guy with a hammer wearing a balaclava.

The member of staff was working on her own and was taken to hospital, luckily she has no physical injuries but is obviously quite shaken up.

The robber got away with just over £60, a white car was said to be floating around the area.

Anyone with any information should contact accy police or feel free to PM me if you would prefer.

For those who dont know i work at booze busters on union road, which is where the incident happened.

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hope the lass gets oer it speedy, if i remember correctly the same happened to one of our members a while back, at the burnley rd, accrington one.:(

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I'm sure she will be alright mate, she has been told she can have as much time off work as she needs to get over this. its a shame it happened last night as i was supposed to working that shift but she asked if we could swap because she had a party to attend tonight.

Hopefully the scum that did it will be caught, but no doubt will get away with just a slap on the wrist.

I was working at the burnley road shop a few weekends back and met a young lady who worked at that shop when it was robbed.

Something like that must cause a great deal of upset, and i really hope that whoever did it is made to suffer.

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This scum are prepare to put a lass in hospital for 60 rotten quid, but what will happen if they do catch this guy, probably get five or six years will be out robbin that thuging again within three years. Its time that people like this got a minimum ten years served then they may just think twice before trying to thieve 60 quid

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Desperate times ! We have been told to be extra careful at locking up time, seems a store somewhere local has had someone hit on the head when locking up last thing; we never do it alone and have alarms and phones at the ready but some folk will stop at nothing for a few quid.:(

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As bad as this is, it reminds me of the day's way back when, the firms takings had to be put into the banks Night safe.

My brother did this for years without an incident, down town bank near the Boulevard, then one time he was hit and all the takings stolen.

The people up above decided in future he should always have a member of staff with him, 'just in case', so everyone took it in turns, it was the turn of the gentle giant maintenance man, my brother was just opening the safe and putting the bag in when a bloke ran around the corner.

The next thing within the wink of an eye there is a winded bloke lying on the floor, gasping to all that could hear, "I was only running for the bus!".

It was the last time that guy watched my brothers back, these day's that would have cost them a fortune in claims!

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Theres some swines around arnt there! Its getting to the point where decent people are becoming worried about going out at night. Luckily the lass was'nt hurt, however i'm sure it will prey on her mind for a long time now. As you say, even if caught, the robber will probably get a very lenient sentence, and be doing the same to someone else before long.

We were actually having a meal in Franco's last night, and left there by taxi at around 9.30 and went past Booze Busters but unfortunately we did'nt notice anything untoward.

Best Regards - Taggy

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i personally don't think it is safe for a girl or woman to work alone in a off licence at night,

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It seems it is not safe for any person to work alone especially at night. :(

Last night's events at Booze Buster would have been no less traumatic for a man working on his own.

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Details are still a little sketchy but from what i can gather there was more than one person involved, from now on we are under strict orders to have two members of staff on the night shift.

Its a real shame that this has happened because the member of staff it happened to is one of the nicest people i have ever met, and only normally works a couple of hours at weekend because she has a 9-5 job during the week, she is very well known as she has worked at the shop for many years, had lots of people in today asking us to pass our wishes on to her.

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Surely with it happening on Burnley Road not so long ago Booze Busters should have known to have two staff working at night:mad: Hope the lady can get over this and the scum are caught.:(

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To be honest this is the first major incident we have had at the ossy shop, we only usually have two staff working over the weekend. But now thats changed, and our security has been improved quite a lot already today (obviously i cant go into details about that though).

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That is good news then staff safety should be paramount.

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I’ve never like the idea of having lone workers. It smacks of cost - cutting on the part of the employer in my eyes.

Lone working isn’t illegal ( I personally think it should be )so long as the task has been Risk Assessed and various steps put in place to control or negate any hazards. The incident on Burnley Road was some time back and any Risk Assessments that the company had in place for lone workers should have been revisited.

The main thing is that the girl is OK. Lessons should have been taken on board though.

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Why so they can point a gun at 2 of you at once :confused:

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Can't see a problem.
After a certain time,Bank cards only and served through a hatch.

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we'll soon have shops like they do in places such as glasgow, all caged in and pass your goods through a little hatch.
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There aren't any shops like that in Glasgow city centre, though there are in the outlying districts, just as there are in Manchester and Liverpool.

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And have been for a long time, I can remember in the sixties when I worked in Liverpool quite a lot, we used to work from the back of the van, not in Liverpool we didn't, the van was always locked up whilst we were inside the shop or the contends wold hve gone walkies;)

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Does anyone know why the police were driving down union road in full force with all the sirens blasting out at around 1am this morning waking everyone up

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That is shocking. Its the first I've heard of it and I work at the Burnley Road Shop.I work night shifts and 9 out of 10 times am on my own. Its getting worse now its getting dark and cold nights. Usually there are people walking about coming out of pubs etc but now its so cold people are generally staying in so it can be very scary.

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I used to work at the Ossy branch (this was years ago now though) and I was on my own when the shop got robbed, 3 men walked in and just started picking up cases of beer and bottles of wine and started walking out. I pressed the panic button then, stupidly went round the front and tried to stop them, I got a smack in the face for my troubles! I was ok just shaken up. Anyway, they were caught about 3 hours later.

What was bad about this was it was about 2pm in the afternoon, and they didnt have anything covering their faces.

Anybody tries to rob them shops for money is going to be disappointed because of the safe system that they have.

I agree MissTechnophobe it was very scary working on your own at night, even on a busy stretch of road.

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I worked at the Burnley Rd shop for 2 years and last Jan got held up by a knife
They were supposed to double up on night shifts then

How long do ya think that lasted?!
So glad I am out of there

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I agree with you Lolly. thats happened to me a couple of times now. Once when working with Accylass and a few weeks ago. A lad just walked in grabbed a crate of beer and walked back out. The Police came around took a statement and I believe they've got them.

Its not in the best of areas as it is. I've never called the Police so much in all my life as since I've been working there!

Its also true the salestaff don't have access to the safe. We only keep very small amounts of cash in our tills, especially at this time of year, the rest is dropped into the safe where nobody is able to get to it. It really is pointless robbing Boozebusters but I guess the people who do it are either on drugs or the like. Sad but true.

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Didn't last very long! I think the general concensus is if you've not been threatened or attacked, then you have to work on your own. I can understand from a cost point of view, but from a safety point of view... No one should have to work on their own at night, but what choice do you have when you need the job and the hours suit???

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Skelmersdale used to have off-licences similar to that 25-30 years ago, also self service garages wouldn't switch the pumps on until you went in and paid in advance.

So really what is happening is that the rough areas are gradually spreading out, how long before we all wear 'designer' flak jackets just to do a days shopping?

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aaaaaaaaaaah thats what it was

i was standing on blackburn road watching the police shoot past

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They have them in fleetwood now and also one shop on central drive in blackpool is like that.

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Tough on crime tough on the causes of crime:eek::rolleyes: