Kris Miller, Courier, 10/12/12. Picture today shows police officers taking part in a search at Ninewells Hospital where a pensioner went missing prompting fears for her safety.
Police are hunting a knife-wielding man who injured a shopkeeper while trying to rob a Dundee newsagents.
The man fought with the male member of staff at Granville’s in Hospital Street, leaving him with what police described as a pinprick wound to the abdomen.
No hospital treatment was needed.
The would-be robber then fled when a customer came in.
The incident at the shop, which is close to Kings Cross Hospital, happened around 8.30am on Sunday.
A police spokesman said: “The male responsible presented a knife at, and demanded property from, a staff member and then fought with the staff member before leaving without any items.”
The suspect has glasses, is aged in his late twenties and is around 5ft 7in and heavily built.
He wore a black and white hooded top, dark bottoms and white trainers.
Police are appealing for anyone who was in the area around the time or has any other information to call officers on 0300 111 2222 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
