Robbers target pub staff in alleyway

ROBBERS attacked three staff members from a South Yorkshire pub, leaving them requiring hospital treatment, before making off with money and mobile phones.

By The Newsroom

Published 9th Oct 2012, 07:00 BST

Police said yesterday that, at 4.15am on Saturday, September 29, two men and a woman who worked at the Turf Tavern pub on Corporation Street in Rotherham locked up the premises and walked to their car in an alleyway next to the pub.

A police spokesman said: “As they did so, it is reported that two men with bats approached them demanding money.

“All three were assaulted before the 22-year-old woman had her handbag taken.

“The handbag is believed to have contained £1,700 in cash, mobile phones and other property.”

“The three staff members required hospital treatment for their injuries but these were not life-threatening.

“A 39-year-old man suffered injuries to his ribs, while a 34-year-old man and the 22-year-old woman received facial injuries.”

Both suspects were wearing black tracksuits and had dark coverings over their faces.

Anyone with information should call South Yorkshire Police on 101.