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Shop worker disarms knifeman during armed raid in Wolverhampton

A shop worker foiled an armed robbery when they disarmed a knifeman in Wolverhampton.

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Police have now launched an appeal to find a suspect two weeks after the raid.

The incident saw an off-licence worker at a shop on Stafford Road threatened by a man with a knife just after 8am on December 10.

The worker refused the offender's demands to hand over money and disarmed him.

The offender left empty-handed following the incident and police have now released a CCTV image in hopes of tacking him down.

A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: "We want to speak to him over an attempted armed robbery at a shop in Wolverhampton.

"An off-licence worker was threatened with a knife in Stafford Road at just after 8am on 10 December.

"Anyone with information is asked to contact us via Live Chat or by calling 101. Please quote 20/1364073/21."

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