Man with 'no shoes' robs Bicester Tesco with box-cutter knife

An appeal for witnesses has been launched after a man armed with a box-cutter knife robbed a Bicester Tesco Express before fleeing wearing only socks.

Police are appealing for information about the armed robbery at Tesco Express in Bowmont Square, Bicester, at around 10.27pm on Friday, July 31.

According to Thames Valley Police, a man entered the store armed with a box-cutter knife and demanded that a member of staff open the till.

He then stole cash from two tills before fleeing the scene. No one was injured during the incident.

Police are appealing for information about the armed robbery at Tesco Express in Bowmont Square, Bicester.placeholder image
Police are appealing for information about the armed robbery at Tesco Express in Bowmont Square, Bicester.

The suspect is described as a white man with pale skin, a scruffy black beard and a local accent. He is around 5ft 9in tall and was wearing a black puffer jacket with the hood up, grey jogging bottoms and white socks, but no shoes.

Officers are also trying to trace four people who were inside the store at the time of the robbery.

They are described as a white man with short brown hair wearing a red and blue sports jacket, a woman believed to be in her 50s who was around 6ft tall and wearing a grey sweater, and two younger girls who checked on the victim after the incident.

A spokesperson for Thames Valley Police said: “If you think that these people could be you or if you were in the area at this time and remember seeing a man walking with white socks and no shoes, please get in contact.”

Anyone with information is asked to call 101 or make an online report at https://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/ quoting reference 43260395409.

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