Man assaulted and robbed by yobs

Date published: 26 October 2009

Police are hunting a gang of youths who assaulted a man and stole a ring from him.

The 50-year-old victim was walking down the road on Howard's Place at around 9.30pm on Thursday 11 October when he was attacked.

The man received two broken ribs and had his tooth knocked out by the group, made up of one man and two girls, before he was able to run away.

The first offender is described as a woman, around 19-years-old, with a local accent. She was 5ft 9ins of medium build, had a large hooked nose, wearing a dark hooded coat, black t-shirt, blue ripped jeans and white trainers.

The second offender was a man around 18-years-old, with tanned skin, medium build and around 5ft 8ins tall. He had short, brown hair with tramlines on one side, cleanly shaven and was wearing black wooly gloves with blue pants and black boots.

The third offender was a woman between 18 and 20 years-of-age, of medium build and had black, gelled hair. She had spots on her cheeks and chin and was wearing a dark coloured hoody.

Police are keen to talk to two girls who were in the area at the time and witnessed the assault. They were around 17 years old, wearing multi-coloured cardigans and had long hair.

Anyone with information is urged to call police on 0161 856 8632 or the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on either 0800 555 111 or via their website.