Hunt for mobile phone robbers

From the archive, first published Tuesday 10th Apr 2007.

A GANG of four robbers stole a mobile phone from a woman as she walked along.

The 19-year-old victim was talking on her phone in Queensway, Southend, when she was approached.

One of the men then snatched the phone, worth £300, from the woman's ear and all of them ran off leaving the victim shaken but unhurt.

She told police the men were all black and aged in their teens.

Anyone with information on the crime, which took place at 3.20pm on Friday, April 6, should call Southend police on 01702 431212.