Robber targets youths in park
Two teenagers were robbed at knifepoint in broad daylight in Cannock's town centre park.
Two teenagers were robbed at knifepoint in broad daylight in Cannock's town centre park.
A 16-year-old boy and his friend were approached by another teenager, from a gang of around seven men, in Cannock Park at 6.30pm yesterday and threatened with a small knife.
Three mobile phones were stolen from the pair before the robber fled on a bus.
He was described as about 18 years old, black, about 5ft 8ins tall, slim with closely shaven black hair.
He had a slight moustache and was wearing a black hooded top and tracksuit trousers.
It is the third robbery at knifepoint to take place in the district in recent weeks.
Ricky Phillips, aged 15, spoke out recently after being robbed by a knifeman close to his house in Curlew Hill, Chadsmoor, as he walked back from his girlfriend's house on July 22 at around 9.30pm.Three days earlier, robbers put a knife to the the throat of a 22-year-old man as he walked through the Co-op car park in Brownhills Road, Norton Canes. They got £10.
