Woman, 49, robbed at knifepoint

Herald Scotland | Last updated 30 May 2011 - 10:15 am

Police are searching for two men who robbed a woman at knifepoint on Friday night.

At about 6pm, the 49-year-old was sitting in her car in Hospital Street, Coatbridge, when the men opened the driver's side door, threatened her with a knife and stole a three figure sum of cash.

They both ran off towards School Street.

Officers are checking CCTV and carrying out door-to-door enquiries in the Whifflet area.

Detective Sergeant Ian Connelly said: "Hospital Street is largely a residential area, and School Street is one of the main thoroughfares in Whifflet, so I'm hopeful commuters making their way home from work may have seen something of relevance.

"Thankfully the lady was not injured, however, she is naturally extremely shaken up by what has happened. To be practically accosted within your own car and threatened with a weapon must have been a terrifying ordeal, and we will not be satisfied until both these men are behind bars."

Both suspects are white, between 5ft 10in and 6ft tall and were wearing dark clothing. One of the men had a scarf concealing his face which was black, red, green and white.

Strathclyde Police are also appealing for witnesses following a robbery at a filling station in Wishaw.

At about 12.30am, a man entered the Jet petrol station in Kirk Road, threatened the 24-year-old male member of staff with a metal pole and demanded money before fleeing with a three figure sum.

The suspect is white, about 5ft 6in, aged between 40 and 50 years old and was wearing a paper hair net.