Security guard robbed at gunpoint
A SECURITY guard was robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight outside a supermarket yesterday.
The 25-year-old worker was targeted outside at an Asda store in Kilmarnock.
He was approached at about midday in Queens Drive Retail Park and threatened with a firearm.
The gunman demanded that the guard hand over a security case which contained a four-figure sum of money.
The robber then fled in a green, R-registration Ford Escort, possibly a Mk4 or Mk5 model.
No shots were fired during the incident and the security guard was unhurt.
Last night, police appealed for any witnesses to the robbery to come forward.
The gunman is described as white, aged in his 30s, about 5ft 5in to 5ft 8in tall and of slim to medium build. He was wearing a black woollen hat, checked scarf, grey top, dark-coloured tracksuit bottoms and white training shoes.
Meanwhile, police have launched an attempted murder inquiry after a man was set upon in the street by a gang of five or six men with scarves over their faces as he repaired his car.
The 20-year-old is in a critical condition in hospital with head injuries after the attack in Glasgow’s Blackhill district on Thursday night. Police described the attack as “particularly violent and unprovoked”.
