06/11/2009 - Poppy Appeal tin stolen from pub
A knife raid on a pub saw three burglars take a Poppy Appeal collection tin after tying up a teenager, police have reported.
The 19-year-old was asleep at The Apple Tree in Bedminster, Bristol, when a man entered at 3am and forced him to open the front door, letting in two accomplices.
The burglars opened the pub's safe and stole a large amount of money, some coins, the Poppy Appeal tin and a bottle of liqueur. The man was then taken back upstairs and his arms and legs tied with electric cable.
He managed to free himself after about half an hour and called the police. The victim was not hurt but was badly shaken by the experience, officers said.
The offender with the knife was described as white, 6ft tall and of slim build, aged between 25 and 30 with short dark, greasy and messy hair. The second man is also white, 6ft tall and of stocky build, aged between 25 and 30 and wearing a grey Lonsdale top with the hood up. The woman was described as white, 5ft 4ins, also of stocky build and wearing a white top with the hood up.
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