Police are appealing for witnesses after a robbery at St John’s Convenience Store in Ipswich.

The incident happened on Thursday 3 December around 6pm in St Johns Road.

A man entered the shop, approached the shop assistant at the till and made threats with a screwdriver. The offender then leaned over and took an amount of cash from the till.

He then ran out of the shop towards Tokio Road.

The offender is described as a white man, aged between 30 to 40 years old, of a medium build, over 6 foot tall and had a stubbly auburn coloured beard and was wearing a grey three-quarter length woollen coat, dark coloured trousers and grey coloured canvas shoes.

Anyone with information relating to this crime should contact Ipswich CID quoting 37/19000/15 on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.