Two men targeted a teenage boy and brandished a knife before making off with his bike near Stockport. Officers say the two unknown men approached the boy as he was cycling along Chester Road, in Poynton, in the direction of the railway station.
The victim was reportedly targeted by two men on a black moped. They were described to police as being between the ages of 19 and 21, wearing black tracksuits and balaclavas.
Cheshire Police says the suspects demanded the pedal bike and showed the young victim a knife. The boy was also assaulted during the incident. READ MORE: Woman, 66, kills man outside her £900,000 home after trying to switch on heated steering wheel in flash £50,000 Volvo...
and AVOIDS jail - but offers 'unreserved apology' The offenders left the scene with the bike - a silver Boardman MTR/8.6 - and headed towards the A555.
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