Wanted – Darren Abbott

Despite a number of potential sightings being reported to the police, officers from Plymouth are once again appealing to the public to help them located 34-year-old Darren Abbott who remains wanted in connection to a robbery in Plymouth.

Police continue to investigate a robbery that occurred on the evening of Friday 20 August at outside the CO-OP on Embankment Road in Plymouth, where a 50-year-old woman had their bag and cash stolen whilst using the cashpoint.

Investigative Officer Detective Constable Pablo Beckhurst said: “The robbery on Embankment Road was particularly nasty. The victim was dragged across the floor leaving her with cuts and bruises; unsurprisingly our victim remains shaken after such an ordeal.

“Darren Abbott is wanted in connection to this incident, and we have released his image in attempt to locate him. Abbott has been sighted in the Greenbank and Cattedown areas and has links to the North of Plymouth and it is vital that we locate him.”

Abbott is as a white male and is around 6 feet tall with short brown hair, short beard, blue eyes and of medium build. He has a number of visible tattoos on his neck and arms including a tattoo of a rose down the left side of his neck.

If you have seen Abbott know of his current whereabouts, please do not approach and immediately call 999 quoting crime reference CR/071651/21.

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