A SUB-POSTMASTER watched in horror as an armed raider smashed his way through a post office security screen and escaped with cash.

The postmaster was in the Cattle Market Post Office, Norris Street, on his own when the man burst in with a handgun and demanded money before helping himself on Monday (February 10) at 2.20pm.

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