Knife robbers terrify teenager

From the archive, first published Thursday 19th Apr 2001.

A 14-year-old Rowley Regis girl was forced to hand over £313 worth of jewellery when she was robbed at knifepoint in the street.

Two women used a six-inch kitchen knife to threaten the victim and her friend in Newbury Lane, Rowley Regis, at 9pm on Sunday April 15.

The robbers ran off to Martley Road and then into Brendon Road with three rings and two necklaces.

Police are hunting a white woman, aged under 20, five feet eight, of slim build and long dark brown hair with blonde highlights. She was wearing a dark bomber jacket, jeans, jumper and a material hairband.

The second woman was of mixed race, aged under 20, five feet two, of stocky build with afro hair in a pony tail.

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