A knifeman burst into a house and forced a man to hand over a £7,000 watch by threatening his friend.
The raid took place at a property in Newton Way, Leighton Buzzard, on Saturday, August 18 between 2.50am and 3.35am after the 22-year-old male victim and companions had been out for the night in the town.
The victim, who is not from the area, was wearing a Cartier Santos 100 watch which gained a lot of attention from a number of men while he was out. When the group of friends returned to Newton Way house, the intruder – who was wearing a balaclava – broke in through an open downstairs window and threatened one of the friends with a large knife. He demanded to know where the watch was and the victim handed it over before the intruder fled.
The offender is described as a white man who was wearing a black hooded top – possibly with an Adidas logo on the front, a black balaclava, aviator sunglasses, a red scarf pulled up to his eyes, dark coloured tracksuit bottoms and trainers.
If you have information relating to this incident, contact Det Con Hussain, in confidence, on 01582 473055, the non-emergency number 101, or text information to 07786 200011.
Alternatively contact independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111, or online at crimestoppers-uk.org.
For more on this story see the August 28 issue of the LBO.
