Clerk hit with phone, stapler during robbery: Police

A woman working at a Byward Market store was repeatedly struck with a phone and a stapler and punched in a robbery Friday afternoon until a passerby heard her screaming for help.
Police say that the clerk had confronted a woman who walked into the store on York Street near Dalhousie Street at about 2:45 p.m. and tried to take money from the till.
She fled with an undisclosed sum, but was arrested by patrol officers shortly afterwards.
Karly Desaulniers, 21, is charged with robbery, assault, two