Pair threatened teenager in park before snatching phone

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Thursday, January 24, 2013
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Police are searching for two men who threatened a teenager before snatching his phone.

The pair – one of whom was wearing a black plastic face mask – followed the 16-year-old victim into Leicester's Spinney Hill Park and stopped him as he reached the adventure playground.

One of the men threatened the teenager before snatching his phone, a white iPhone 4S.

The pair then walked away towards nearby Park Vale Road.

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Detective Constable Yassin Desai said: "I would ask anyone who was in the area and saw this group, or saw any suspicious activity to contact me."

The first man is Asian, aged about 20, about 6ft tall and of small to medium build. He was wearing a plain black hooded top and black tracksuit bottoms. He had a black plastic face mask which only showed his eyes. His right eye was bloodshot and he spoke with a local accent.

The second suspect is also Asian, about 21, about 5ft 7in and large.

He was wearing a grey Nike tracksuit with a hood and a grey peaked cap with the letters NY in white on the front. He had a goatee beard and a local accent.

Contact Det Con Desai on 101 or Crimestoppers, which is anonymous, on 0800 555 111.

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