Police wish to identify this male who was in the Selwyn Street Dairy, at 301 Selwyn Street near Rosewarne Street, (Christchurch) at approximately 10.40 am on Monday 23 March.
DS Ross Tarawhiti says they would also like to speak to anyone who has seen either the male on the bike or anyone who he may have talked to.
"From our inquiries we know that the male on the bike was in the area of the shops from at least 10.13 am and must have been seen by numerous people in the area prior to the robbery at 10.51 am." he says.
The male was carrying a small red and black bag. As he approached the sole female shop attendant he pulled a knife from his trousers.
This caused the female shop assistant to scream at which time the male has turned around and left the shop, headed south in the direction of the Port Hills on Selwyn street where be got onto a "Dirt" style MTB.
He is described as:
A male possibly a caucasian aged between 17-25yrs ,approximately 180cm tall and of medium to thin build. He was wearing what appeared to be a black or dark blue coloured sweat shirt and a white cap.
Underneath the Black sweatshirt was a grey hoodie those hood was pulled up on top of the white cap.
He had what is believed to be either a red or dark coloured bandana covering most of his face.
The Black sweat shirt had the numbers 23 on it. These were in large white numbers. He was also wearing jeans and white sneakers/shoes.
This male was seen in the company of a second male a short distance from the shop both prior and after the incident before he biked off in the direction towards Coronation Street.
Police would like to speak to anyone who has seen either males in the area or know who these persons are.
Detective Sergeant Ross Tarawhiti, Hornby Police.
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