Robber armed with angle grinder cut peak off victim’s baseball cap

The victim of a knifepoint robbery was tapped on the leg with an angle grinder and had the peak of his baseball cap cut by an attacker who then drove off in his car. The bizarre attack took place in Walledwell Court, Standens Barn, Northampton during the early hours of Thursday, April 26.

A spokesman for Northamptonshire Police, who have only just released details of the attack, said: “At around 3.30am, a man was sitting in his car parked in Walledwell Court when an offender got into the vehicle.



“The offender jabbed at the victim with a knife, tapped an angle grinder against his left leg and then cut through the peak of the victim’s baseball cap. The victim then got out of the car which was driven away by the offender.

The vehicle was later found in a subway on Lakeside Drive, Northampton at around 5.15am.” The offender was white, aged in his early twenties, 6ft and with broad shoulders and a thin waist. He was wearing a black tracksuit with the hood up.