TWO men who mugged a prostitute's customer minutes after she tricked him out of £120, were behind bars yesterday.

Electrician Stephen Hanson, 34, paid for three-in-a-bed sex but the vice girl left him sitting in his car in Aire Street, South Bank, Middlesbrough.

When Mr Hanson, from Hartlepool, got out to search for her he was robbed by two men who took £60, ten CDs and his designer sunglasses, said prosecutor Shaun Dodds.

At Teesside Crown Court yesterday, Christopher Reed, 19, of Aire Street, South Bank, was convicted of the robbery, on December 30.

David Bird, also 19, of Queen Street, South Bank, pleaded guilty earlier, but the jury were told this by the judge only after giving their verdict.

Reed had 24 previous convictions for dishonesty, including an attempted robbery in July, 1997, for which he was sent to a young offender's institution.

Both men were remanded in custody for pre-sentence reports and the judge warned that they faced "substantial custodial sentences".