Machete wielding gang raid Marsh bank

Jun 27 2009 By Joanne Douglas

THREE masked and armed robbers raided a Marsh bank leaving one man injured.

The trio, armed with a machete and a hammer and wearing balaclavas, targeted HSBC on Westbourne Road at 3.10pm yesterday.

And just hours later Greater Manchester Police, working with West Yorkshire Police, arrested three men in connection with the robbery.

They also recovered a quantity of cash and all of the weapons believed to have been used in the raid.

Witnesses said they saw police speed off after a car along New Hey Road in the direction of the M62 shortly after the incident.

A male bank worker was treated by paramedics and taken to Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, but could walk by himself and didn’t appear to be badly hurt.

All other HSBC employees were kept inside the Marsh bank while police carried out their investigations.

Gemma Noon, a hairdresser at Tiffany’s Salon opposite the bank, said: "The police brought a man out and took him into the ambulance but he didn’t look seriously injured. We didn’t notice anything until the police arrived and didn’t see anything suspicious."