A blind woman had a knife held at her throat during a horrific robbery of a Basildon post office counter.
The masked raider burst into Martin's Newsagents in Clayhill Road and held the Stanley-type craft knife at the woman's neck.
The robber then shouted at the staff behind the counter to hand over cash at 11.25am on Saturday.
In her terror, the blind woman instinctively put her hand up to protect her neck and suffered a cut from the sharp blade.
The crazed robber then turned his attention to the shop manager and also put the knife to her throat until he was handed several hundred pounds in cash and fled.
Full story in Monday's Evening Echo
Published Monday September 6, 2004
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