POLICE are investigating an aggravated burglary which took place at the Exchange Vaults public house in Cooper Street on Wednesday, August 16, between 11.30pm and midnight.

A barman at the pub needed hospital treatment after being attacked by four men who then smashed up gaming machines and a cigarette machine before taking the money from them.

A dark-blue Ford Escort used by the attackers to escape was later found abandoned in Huyton.