The grocery shop in The Villas in Thornley was targeted by the thief, who had pulled a balaclava over their face before launching the early hours attack using a van.<br />Witnesses have told detectives from Durham Constabulary they saw the red vehicle “repeatedly reversed into the front of the shop.” <br />The masked driver entered the store through the gap and jumped over the counter to take the till and its contents, before fleeing the scene in the same van.<br /><br />
