DETECTIVES repeated calls for information following a robbery at the Game Bird pub in which a staff member was threatened and cash taken.

Officers believe a man captured in CCTV images could help with their enquiries.

The incident took place at around 10.25pm on Friday, August 5 when a man entered the public house on the East Lancs Road.

A staff member was threatened, police say, before the unknown man made off with a quantity of cash.

It is believed he left the area in a blue or green people carrier, in which a number of other men were waiting, and which travelled along the East Lancs towards Liverpool.

The man is described as being white, with dark, short cropped hair. He had distinctive tattoos on his arm and was wearing a shirt with a red motif on it.

The member of staff was left shaken but was not injured the incident.

DS Chris Loughead said: "We would appeal to anyone who was arriving or leaving the Game Bird pub at around 10.30pm and saw anyone acting suspiciously to get in touch.

"We believe that the male in question got into a blue coloured people carrier which was waiting outside, and had a number of other males on board, and we would ask anyone who saw that vehicle in the surrounding area either before or after the robbery to contact us."

Anyone with any information can contact St Helens CID on 0151 777 6881 or the confidential Crimestoppers line on 0800 555 111.