Staff member hospitalised after pepper spray attack during Strabane robbery

Police in Strabane are investigating after a premises in the town was robbed on Saturday night.
A masked man wearing gloves and armed with pepper spray entered the premises on Beechwood Avenue in Melmount Road at around on 5.30Saturday evening.
At least one staff member was sprayed in the face, requiring hospital treatment. It’s understood the robber got away with a small amount of money.
Local Cllr Patsy Kelly says it was a frightening ordeal………….