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.
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