Robber crashes BMW into Bilston shop in ram-raid robbery

A shop worker has described the “scary” moment a robber nearly reversed into her as a car crashed through a window in a ram-raid robbery.

Summer Evans had been restocking shelves in the Cash Shop on Church Street in Bilston at around 09:30 GMT on Wednesday when a car burst through the storefront.

A video captured a group of men stuffing items into an orange bag before the car fled the scene.

“We’re all a little bit shaken up. It was really scary, we’re all a little bit on edge today being back,” Evans, a customer service representative, told the BBC.

She said she was putting gold items in the window and looked up just as the vehicle was speeding towards her.

“I turned around to grab some earrings and as soon as I looked back at the window, there was a BMW reversing at me.

“I dashed as quickly as I could. I heard the loudest crash, I grabbed the phone, ran upstairs to my colleague, called the police, it was quite scary.

“If you look back at it on the camera, you can see I’m running away, the shelf caved in behind me.”

Three suspects escaped and an investigation has been launched, West Midlands Police said.