Police search for van in connection with armed robbery in Leeds

It happened yesterday evening at around 5.30pm.

Police are looking for this Citroen Berlingo.
Author: Henry WinterPublished 27th Aug 2021

Detectives in Leeds are issuing images of a vehicle they want to trace in connection with an armed robbery in which a woman was assaulted in the street.

Officers from the Leeds District Crime Team would like to speak with anyone who has information about the vehicle or the incident in which a woman was attacked on Butterley Street in Hunslet on Wednesday (25/8)

Police are looking for this Citroen Berlingo.
Police are looking for this Citroen Berlingo.

The incident took place at about 5.30pm as the victim, a woman in her 40s, was approached by three males as she walked back to her parked blue Audi S3.

The males, who had got out of the Citroen Berlingo pictured, assaulted the woman and threatened her with bladed weapons before making off in her car.

It was recovered a short time later by in the East End Park area of Leeds.

The suspect’s Citroen Berlingo was white with a grey bonnet with a red 'batternberg' pattern on the rear doors.

The victim received hospital treatment following the assault.

DC Dan Johnson of the Leeds District Crime Team, said: “This was a serious offence in which a lone female was the victim of a violent assault by three males, and we are conducting a number of enquiries in what took place."

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