Horrific CCTV footage shows 'dangerous' robber in false beard spraying Post Office staff with ammonia

This is the shocking moment a 'dangerous' robber sprays ammonia at Post Office workers in a terrifying raid. CCTV footage shows Daniel Burtak - who was wearing a false beard to conceal his identity - vaulting over a security screen and counter.

He's followed by a member of staff, but emerges to spray ammonia at her and another employee. The footage, released by police after Burtak was jailed today, also shows him helping himself to wads of notes from a cash till in a separate room.

Burtak and getaway driver Colin Naylor, both from Bolton, were locked up for 12 years each. Burtak sprayed ammonia from a washing-up liquid bottle at the members of staff before escaping from the branch on Abbey Street in Accrington, Lancashire, on a bicycle, police said.

Lancashire Police said officers were called to reports just after 5.20pm on May 10, 2019, that a robbery had taken place and around £15,000 had been taken. "On his way out of the Post Office, Burtak, who was wearing a false beard and a scarf to hide his face, sprayed ammonia at staff for a second time," said a force spokesman in a statement released on Thursday after the sentencing hearing.

"CCTV captured getaway driver Colin Naylor picking up Burtak close to a nearby pub in a black Mitsubishi Warrior pickup truck. On May 31, 2019, the pair attempted to commit a second robbery – this time at the Post Office on Blackburn Road, Accrington.

"At 11am on that day, Naylor was captured shopping at Asda on Moss Bank Way in Bolton. CCTV then showed his Mitsubishi pick-up being driven towards Accrington. At 12.20pm, Burtak – wearing the same false beard and scarf as on May 10 – cycled to the Blackburn Road Post Office. He pushed at the front door but did not go inside.

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