One week after two thieves made off with a pair of diamond rings from a Dundee jewellery store, police have issued a fresh appeal for information.
The theft from Stephen Henderson Jewellers on Union Street occurred around 3.55pm on Friday February 6 and police are still attempting to trace the two men responsible for the crime.
It is understood the pair entered the store claiming to want to purchase a diamond ring. As shop assistants showed their products to the men, they grabbed two high-value rings before running away.
The duo had been seen shortly before the incident walking up Union Street from the direction of Dundee Railway Station.
They were seen running back in that direction following the incident and spotted using the pedestrian crossing towards Discovery Point.
Police searched a number of trains at Dundee Railway Station in the immediate aftermath of the theft but have still been unable to trace the culprits.
The first man is described as white, approximately 5’11” in height, with an athletic build, large blue eyes and mousey coloured facial hair. He was wearing a distinctive navy blue deer stalker hat lined with cream fur, a grey and black striped top with long black sleeves, an Adidas hooded gillet with sky blue, grey and white panels front and back which also displayed a white Adidas logo on the right breast, navy Armani jeans and sky blue trainers.
The second man is described as white, 5’8” in height, of slim build and with dark, short hair. He was wearing a black hooded long-sleeved top, light grey Adidas jogging bottoms with dark grey stripes, light-coloured trainers and a dark-coloured baseball cap.
A Police Scotland spokesman said: “This was a high value theft which occurred on a Friday afternoon when the city centre would have been busy with shoppers on their way home and people possibly leaving work early and heading to Dundee train station.
“From our extensive enquiries we have updated the descriptions of the men we wish to trace and we can confirm that one of the men was wearing a very distinctive fur-lined navy blue deer stalker hat and we believe he spoke with a Liverpudlian accent.
“We also know that the two men walked into the city centre from the direction of Dundee Railway station and it is possible that the men were in the Discovery Point area for a short time before and after the incident. They may have made off in a vehicle.
“I would urge anyone who may have been in the Discovery Point and Union Street areas of Dundee at around this time and saw men fitting these descriptions to come forward to assist us with our enquiries.”
Anyone with information that could assist police with their enquiries is asked to contact Police Scotland on 101.
Alternatively information can be passed via the charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.