Police release CCTV image as part of Oswestry cash machine investigation
Police investigating criminal damage to a cash machine at an Oswestry bank, today released a CCTV picture of a young man they believe was present at the time.
They believe he may have information which will assist their investigation into the incident which happened inside the 24-hour lobby at the HSBC bank in The Cross during the early hours of Christmas Eve last year.
Police Constable Nia Fletcher, the investigating officer, said today: "We believe the man in the CCTV photo was in the lobby at the time and probably saw what happened.
"I would urge him to contact Oswestry police station by calling 101 and appeal to anyone who can identify him to also get in touch. He may well have information which will assist our inquiries."
PC Fletcher said the man is thought to have been with several other people, both male and female.
They were in the 24-hour lobby which houses a number of cash machines and a deposit machine.
Between 3.15am and 3.30am on December 24, someone pushed hard on the deposit machine's plastic shield until it snapped off and fell to the ground, resulting in about £250 damage.
PC Fletcher added: "The damage was deliberately caused and we are determined to trace the offender. The young man in the picture may well have information to help us."
He is thought to be aged between 17 and 24, of slim build with short mousey hair and was wearing brown chinos and a grey t-shirt.
