WATCH: Peterborough Telegraph photographer David Lowndes tells the story of the image of armed robber taken by ET snapper Rowland Hobson that was seen across the world

Former Peterborough Evening Telegraph chief photographer Rowland Hobson worked in the city for nearly 35 years, taking pictures of young and old, royalty and sporting superstars.

But one picture taken by award winning photographer became more famous than the others – as he snapped an armed robber trying to escape from the crime scene in Peterborough city centre in 2011.

Following the tragic news of Rowland’s death this week, his former colleague and current Peterborough Telegraph photographer David Lowndes tells the story of that photograph