A MASKED robber fled empty handed when a 69-year-old newsagent stood his ground.
The thief, wearing a stocking mask over his face, walked into the Metro Cabin Newsagents in Church Street West at Radcliffe at 7.30am this morning.
Speaking in a soft voice, the raider asked for the contents of the till before producing a knife. The newsagent refused and the thug fled.
The offender is described as a white male, 5ft 6ins tall and slim. He was wearing a black hat and a two-tone bomber jacket.
Witnesses should contact Whitefield CID.
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