Robbery with violence, Hyde Park

Police are investigating after a woman was assaulted and robbed at Hyde Park yesterday afternoon.

Around 4.45pm the woman was walking along Bayswater Road when an attempt was made to pull her handbag from her shoulder. The woman resisted and was assaulted by four teenage girls.

After releasing the handbag the woman was again punched and assaulted before the girls ran off with her bag. They were last seen running along Bayswater Road.

A man came to the aid of the 43-year-old woman who received treatment for facial injuries including a cut on her nose and bruising.

Investigations into the incident are continuing.

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