POLICE investigating an armed robbery outside the post office in Walmesley Road, Eccleston, at 1.20pm on Tuesday, July 24, are anxious to speak to anyone who may have seen a green hatchback car being driven at high speed from the scene where the getaway car was abandoned.

A security guard was delivering cash to the post office when he was approached from behind by a man brandishing a handgun. The offender demanded that the guard hand over the cashbox and then escaped with the cash in a black Ford Escort towards Bleak Hill Road.

The car was found abandoned at the rear of the shops in Lynton Way, Windle, a short while later. And officers have revealed that the vehicle was stolen from Oxford Street, St Helens, on Monday, June 25, 2001 between 9.45am and 10.45am and had been fitted with false number plates (K486 KGJ).

Officers are particularly anxious to speak to anyone who may have seen a dark green hatchback, with a loud exhaust, being driven at high speed from the rear of the shops in Lynton Way. There were three people in the car.

The offender is described as white, approximately 5ft 8ins tall, and was wearing a blue top and a black cap.

Anyone who can help the police with their inquiries can contact the St Helens Incident Management Unit on 0151 777 6953 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.