Police appeal: Man with machete attempts to rob convenience store

By The Newsroom

Published 17th Feb 2014, 14:40 BST

A machete-wielding would-be robber threatened a Halifax shopkeeper before running off empty-handed.

Police have issued a witness appeal after the incident, which happened at Ovenden Road Convenience Store, Ovenden Road, Halifax at 7.30pm on Sunday.

The suspect went in to the store, threatened the shopkeeper with a machete and told him to empty the takings into a bag. He left empty-handed and was last seen fleeing towards the Boothtown area.