Three people arrested after robbery in Littlehampton alleyway

A man and woman suffered bruising and minor injuries.

Author: Lettie BuxtonPublished 11th Nov 2020

Three people have been arrested in connection with a robbery in an alleyway in Littlehampton.

Police responded to a report of two victims being assaulted and with spanners by three suspects at around 2.30pm yesterday (10 November) near Terminus Road.

It was reported that £40 cash was stolen.

The two victims, a 37 year-old man and a 28 year-old woman, suffered bruising and minor injuries.

Three suspects, an 18 year-old man and two 16 year-old boys, have been arrested on suspicion of robbery.

They have been bailed subject to conditions while enquiries are ongoing.

Sussex Police has said a search was conducted and a number of spanners and a small amount of cannabis were recovered.

The arrests were carried out by teams working under Operation Sceptre, a week of targeted action on violence and knife crime which launched on Monday (9 November).

Sergeant Scott Walters said:

"We will not tolerance violence and work tirelessly to remove harmful items from our local communities.

"This is being treated as an isolated incident and it is understood that the victims and suspects may be known to each other.

"We urge anyone with information to make the right call and report it to us online or by calling 101."