Thieves threaten to stab staff after stealing booze and Valentine's Day card from Northamptonshire Co-op

Terrified store staff were threatened with a knife after chasing two shoplifters who nicked booze and a Valentine's Day card from a Northamptonshire village Co-op

Detectives revealed a man loaded up a basket with £150-worth of alcohol in the Long Buckby supermarket at around 3.20pm on Saturday afternoon.

Alert staff spotted him passing the bottles — and the card — to a woman and chased the pair after they left without paying.

But the shopworkers fled after the woman turned and threatened to stab them.

A Northamptonshire Police spokesman revealed: "Two members of staff chased the pair out onto the High Street, causing them to stop running outside the public toilets.

"There, the woman produced a knife and thrust it at the staff members while threatening to stab them."

The thieves headed off Station Road and into William Road.

Police have issued descriptions of the pair, who both wore face masks.

The woman is white, of medium build and around 5ft tall. She wore a black North Face puffer jacket with a green camouflage hoodie underneath and grey joggers. The man, who is around 6ft and of slim build, was dressed all in black with a hood pulled up.

Detectives say anyone who witnessed the incident or may have information which could help their investigation can call 101 using incident number 21000089373.

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