Betting shop robbed at gunpoint

The man with the gun was about six feet tall, shop staff told police

Two men armed with a gun stole money from a bookmakers in Surrey, stashing it in a member of staff's handbag before they escaped.

The robbers struck at the Coral betting shop in Warlingham, Surrey, just after 1030 BST on Monday.

There were no customers in the shop at the time of the raid.

Police have released CCTV footage of the men taken from cameras in the store.

Hooded tops

When the two men walked into the bookmakers in Limpsfield Road, one jumped over the counter while the other brandished what appeared to be a small black handgun, police said.

They demanded money from the till and safe and and grabbed a cashier's handbag, emptying it of its contents and filling it with the money before leaving the building.

No shots were fired and nobody was injured.

The man who leapt over the counter had a South London accent

Both men were white, wearing light coloured baseball caps and hooded tops, and are described as being in their 20s.

The man who jumped over the counter was described as being about 5 ft 6 ins tall, stocky and clean-shaven, with short brown hair which had what looked like dyed highlights.

He spoke with a South London accent and wore grey tracksuit bottoms and a grey hooded top.

The man with the gun was about 6 ft tall and slim, with short, dark hair, and wearing a dark blue cotton top with a hood.

Surrey Police have appealed for anyone who noticed an unfamiliar vehicle in the Limpsfield Road are on Monday morning or who saw two men either before the robbery or getting into a vehicle afterwards, to contact them.