A MAN was struck with a hammer during an armed robbery on a phone shop.
Two men entered the Fone Works shop in London Road, Westcliff, brandishing a hammer and a stanley knife and demanding all the phones in the store.
They stole 60 phones to the value of £2000 before making off in a silver Fiat car with a registration beginning T635.
A 26-year-old male employee was pushed to the ground and hit on the head with a hammer.
He was taken to Southend Hospital where he had six staples to the back of his head and a cut on his forehead was glued together. He is now recovering at home.
Anyone with information about the robbery, which happened at around 4.30pm on Friday, can call Leigh Police on 0300 334444.
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