Greggs worker ‘attacked with HAMMER' in horror bakery raid as cops release CCTV in urgent hunt for ‘balaclava-clad man'
POLICE are hunting a man after a Greggs worker was assaulted with a hammer during a botched attempted robbery at one of the chain's bakeries.
Cops say a man wearing a balaclava approached the store in Handforth, Cheshire, from the rear before assaulting one of the bakery's workers with a hammer.
While the staff member then ran to the front of the shop to alert his colleagues, the suspect attempted to open a safe within the store.
He, however, failed to break into it and subsequently ran off.
Now, Cheshire Police has released CCTV images of a man it wishes to speak to as part of its investigation.
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