Appeal after £1,000 in £1 coins taken from fruit machines in Peterborough pubs

Police have released an image of a man they want to trace after £1,000 of £1 coins were stolen from Peterborough pubs.
By The Newsroom
Published 10th Mar 2020, 10:53 BST
Do you recognise this man?Do you recognise this man?
Do you recognise this man?

At about 7pm on 22 February four men tampered with a fruit machine in the Sir Henry Royce pub in Broadway, stealing about £300 in £1 coins.

Later that evening the men went to the Brewers Fayre Pub in Hampton and at about 10pm stole cash from another fruit machine. They returned to the pub the following morning at about 11am and stole more cash from the machine totalling £700 in £1 coins.

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PC George Corney said: “We would urge members of the public to look at this image and contact police if they recognise the man or have any information about the two incidents.

“Do you know of anybody that has recently obtained a significantly large amount of £1 coins? Please let us know.”

Anyone with any information should call police on 101, quoting crime reference number 35/13705/20, or visit www.cambs.police.uk/report.