Raiders armed with bats tried to steal cash from One Stop in Finchampstead

Masked robbers raid Finchampstead shop

Two men wearing masks and armed with what is believed to be baseball bats robbed a Finchampstead shop.

Just before 10pm last Saturday a red sports car pulled into the car park of the One Stop Shop, in Barkham Ride. #

Two men wearing masks went into the shop carrying what is believed to be bats or lengths of wood and attempted to get to cash inside a cash machine at the back of the shop.

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