Owner to close Derry shop after latest robbery

A Derry shop which was robbed at knifepoint at Christmas had been robbed again.

The incident occurred at around 9pm last night in Academy Stores on the Academy Road.

A man entered the store and threatened a woman working in the shop at the time.

The shop was robbed at knifepoint on December 23 last year, where a man forced a woman to hand over cash and cigarettes.

The owner has now said he intends to close the store due to the risk to his staff.

Commenting, the SDLP Cllr Shauna Cusack said: “The owner has told me that after 13 years of hard graft and service to the community he can see no way forward when constantly targeting as an easy means of taking money.

“The people most set to lose are his five staff who will no longer have a job.”

Cllr Cusack urged anyone with information about the incident to contact the police.