A MAN was threatened with a knife before having money stolen from him.

The incident happened in Stockton, between 8pm and 8.30pm on Monday, March 9.

Police say a man and a woman approached a 25-year-old victim on St Peter's Road.

The victim spoke to the suspects before an altercation occurred in an alleyway behind St Cuthbert’s Road.

The pair threatened the man with a knife before assaulting him and taking a small amount of money from him, police said.  

The man and woman were reported to have fled towards Waverley Street.

The woman is described as white, approximately 40-years-old and wearing grey bottoms and a black coat with the hood up.

The man is described as white, around 35 to 40-years-old, stocky build and wearing dark bottoms and a blue puffer jacket.

Police are asking anyone who witnessed the incident, or has any private CCTV of the areas mentioned, is asked to contact DC Ryan Cairns on the non-emergency number 101, quoting the reference number 038742.