Knife-wielding man wearing boxer shorts on head robbed shop

Police are hunting an armed robber who held up a Somerset shop while wearing a pair of boxer shorts on his head.

The man entered a branch of McColls in Yeovil on Monday night brandishing a large kitchen knife and covering his face with the grey and white patterned boxer shorts. Avon and Somerset Police said the robber threatened staff before making off with a quantity of cash.



Police have released a picture of a man taken from the shop’s CCTV cameras in the hope of catching him. A police spokesman said: “The man is described as white with either a dark, tanned complexion or dirty skin, aged in his 20s, of skinny build and approximately 6ft tall.

“He had dark stubble and a moustache and short dark gelled hair. We’re now appealing for residents in Yeovil to check their gardens and bins for a large kitchen-type knife and a pair of grey and white patterned boxer shorts.” Anyone with information or who recognises the man is asked to call police.