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# Police appeal for witnesses to hammer wielding robber
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/police-appeal-for-witnesses-to-hammer-wielding-robber/
- Published: 2013-11-28T22:40:14.000Z
- Updated: 2013-11-28T22:40:14.000Z
- Description: 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
- Author: Besi
- Tags: News

## 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.

![Sussex Police](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/web-600156.jpg)

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

[Or EMAIL: ](http://101@sussex.pnn.police.uk/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)