Reported in local paper.
A lorry driver was threatened with a knife while parked up in a lay-by on the A46 in Warwickshire.
The driver was in the cab of his HGV at the side of the southbound bypass between Stoneleigh and Kenilworth when a group of robbers tried to get in to the lorry at around 4.30pm on Thursday.
One man approached the lorry and demanded the driver hand over his fuel card. When the victim refused, the offender became aggressive and attempted to get into the cab but was unable to.
The victim then noticed four other men standing on the grass verge and it is believed they were going to try to steal diesel from the HGV’s fuel tank.
A second man also approached the cab holding a carving knife and threatened the victim, before they drove off in a white Transit van, which was parked behind the HGV and was believed to be on Irish registration plates. The first suspect was white, slim, around 20-25 years old, between 5ft 5ins an 5ft 7ins, with short mousey brown hair. He was wearing blue jeans and a blue t-shirt and spoke with an Irish accent. The second man who was holding the bread knife was white, stocky, around the same age, between 5ft 8ins and 5ft 10ins, with short mousey brown hair. He was wearing a black t-shirt and blue jeans, and also spoke with an Irish accent.
Anyone with information can call Warwickshire Police on 101, quoting incident 296 of August 6.
So if any of you spot a bunch of Irish men driving a white Transit let the police know, the police think they are local because the bread knife still had butter on it.