A robber who carried out a terrifying raid on a branch of Carphone Warehouse in Nottinghamshire fled the country but was picked up on a European arrest warrant. Marin Dumitru was on bail for stealing thousands of pounds worth of mobile phones in Winchester when he robbed Carphone Warehouse, on Victoria Retail Park, Netherfield, at around 2.15pm on October 11, 2018.
He posed as a customer with another person and asked about phones and contracts and if the phones could be removed for them to "look at properly", Nottingham Crown Court heard on Friday, March 18. The sales advisor explained the phones were secured "due to a recent robbery". Dumitru replied, "well, I'm going to rob you now".
The worker was asked for the keys to the phone display but he told the raiders the keys were not kept on the shop floor. Dumitru told him to tell his colleague to open the door to the back office and, "if you don't, I'm going to stab you".
