Sussex Police are appealing for witnesses after a man has been approaching women in the early hours in Brighton and threatening them with a hammer to hand over their phones or money.
The first incident happened at 1am on Tuesday, November 19 when a 21-year-old woman was walking back across the Level after finishing at work. She walked across the Level and up Elm Grove. She was then approached by a man carrying a claw hammer on the corner of Howard Road, who threatened her and demanded money and her phone. She handed it over to him.
He is described as a white man, about 5′ 5″, of slim to medium build, aged in his late teens but no older than 21, He was wearing a grey hooded top with blue stripes down the side.
The second incident happened on Sunday (November 24) at 5.25am where the woman victim aged 20 was dropped off in a taxi with friends at the bottom of Elm Grove. Her friends then went off in different directions and she carried on up Elm Grove by herself.
A man then approached her when she was near to the corner of Bonchurch Road. He told her to hand over her phone and showed her the top of a hammer that he had in the top of his trousers. The victim thought this was a joke and managed to run away.
She described the suspect as a white man, aged about 20, 5′ 6″, of skinny build, wearing a light blue hooded top with the hood up and a balaclava or scarf covering the bottom of his face which had either a Chinese or a ‘NY’ symbol on it.
Detective Constable Leianne Blampied said: “We are appealing for witnesses so we can try and identify who the suspect might be. This was a frightening ordeal for the victims and we want to catch the person responsible.”
If you have any information telep[hone 101 quoting serial 0256 of 24/11
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