THE Police are renewing their appeal for witnesses and have issued an E-fit of a man they would like to speak to following a series of armed robberies in Oxfordshire.
The E-fit is an image of the man who robbed driver of the number 280 ARRIVA bus in London Road in Wheatley at around 9.40pm last Wednesday (1/12).
This robbery was followed by another which happened at around 3.30am on Thursday when an Asian man got onto an Oxford Tube coach at the bus stop near to the Green Road roundabout in London Road, Headington. He threatened the driver with what was believed to be a gun and demanded cash, hitting the driver over the head with the weapon.
A taxi driver was then robbed in Northway on Thursday night (11/12) at around 9.50pm when he was on his way to collect a passenger. At around 5pm on Saturday (13/12), a man holding a gun went into Ladbrokes in London Road, Headington and told a member of staff to hand over cash.
On Sunday (14/12) at around 9.44pm, a man was in the car park behind the Co-operative store in Summertown when another man threatened him with what is believed to be a handgun and demanded he hand over his belongings.
Det Insp Simon Morton, investigating the robberies, said: ?Money is the motive for these robberies but on each occasion the amount of money that has been stolen has been minimal because bus drivers and taxi drivers don?t carry much cash on them for exactly this reason.
?This E-fit is of the man who robbed the bus in Wheatley and I believe that this robbery could be linked to the others but am keen keeping an open mind an investigating every possible avenue.
?I believe that the robber is local and an opportunist and would like to take this opportunity to ask the public to remain vigilant and contact the police if they see anyone acting suspiciously. I appeal to anyone who might recognise the image or have any information about any of the robberies to contact me.?
Anyone with any information about any of these incidents is asked to contact Det Insp Morton at Oxford CID via 0845 8 505 505, or if you don?t want to talk to the police or give your name, call the Crimestoppers charity on 0800 555 111.
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