Victim robbed as he sat in parked van in Canterbury

Officers investigating a robbery in Canterbury are appealing for witnesses.

The incident took place at around 3.15pm on Tuesday 24 January 2023 in Cotton Road in the Wincheap industrial estate.

The victim, a man in his forties, was sitting in a parked van when the vehicle’s door was opened and threats of violence were made by a man. The suspect took the van keys, as well as two other additional vehicle keys.

The suspect walked away and joined another man and a woman who all left in the direction of Cow Lane.

The suspect was described as a white man, aged between 35 and 40 years old, around 6 feet 2 inches tall and he had a scruffy short ginger beard. He was wearing a brown flat cap, a dark coat, dark trousers and dirty white trainers.

The two people he left the scene with were described as a similarly-aged white man, believed to be 5 feet 10 inches tall, with a short black beard, who wore a dark blue flat cap, and a white woman who wore a dark grey hooded jacket.

Can you help?

Anyone who witnessed the incident or has information or dash cam footage which might assist enquiries, should call Kent Police on 01843 222289 quoting 46/14611/23.

You can also call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111 or complete their online form.