Armed robbery, Rothwell
Police are continuing to investigate an incident in which a woman on a mobility scooter was robbed at knife-point in Rothwell yesterday.
The woman was travelling in a park between Delmar and Windlass streets when she was approached by two teenaged males around 3.10pm.
They demanded she hand over money before one of them shook the scooter while the other produced a knife and started cutting its canopy.
While defending herself, the woman dropped a small amount of cash from her pocket. The pair grabbed the cash and fled the scene on bicycles.
The woman was not physically injured.
The first male is described as being Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander in appearance, about 18 years of age, approximately 175cm tall with black curly hair. He was wearing a black plug earing with a skull on it, grey shorts and a blue singlet and riding a mountain bike.
The second male is described as being Caucasian in appearance, about 16 years old, approximately 170cm tall with a fair complexion, blonde spikey hair and had a piercing in his left ear. He was wearing a red hooded jacket, black jeans and white shoes. He was riding a black BMX bike at the time.
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