Diamonds worth £7000 were stolen from Kendal jewellers before closing moment on Saturday afternoon.
A man ran away with two 18 carat gold and diamond solitaire rings from Goldsmiths. The Jewellers, High gate, at 4.50pm after posing as a customer.
After running down the side of Burton’s men’s clothes shop he was seen getting into a grey Nissan coupe GTI coming up in Booths supermarket car park.
The ring thief is described as mixed race, 5ft 8ins tall, medium build and wearing beige flat cap, dark sunglasses, a blue shirt and dark trousers.
Anyone who saw the white male driver waiting in the car park at approximately 4.50pm is asked to contact Kendal police on 0845 33 00 247.
His vehicle registration number is EO10 DHM.


