Northern Ireland

Man armed with meat cleaver threatens shop employee in Moira

 A man armed with a meat cleaver made off empty handed from a shop in Moira last night
 A man armed with a meat cleaver made off empty handed from a shop in Moira last night  A man armed with a meat cleaver made off empty handed from a shop in Moira last night

A man armed with a suspected meat cleaver threatened a member of staff in a Moira shop last night.

It happened at around 10.45pm on Main Street in the Co Down town and police said the man approached the off-licence area of the shop, threatened a male employee and struck a perspex screen before making off empty handed.

He is described as being of slim build, five feet seven inches tall, aged in his mid-twenties, with dark hair and an unshaven complexion. He was wearing a black coloured hooded top with a black jacket over it, black trainers and a dark coloured face mask.