Police appeal after vulnerable teen assaulted and robbed near Walsall chip shop
Police are appealing for help in tracing youths who targeted a vulnerable 17-year-old boy by assaulting and robbing him as he walked in Aldridge town centre.
The teenager, who has physical and learning disabilities, was approached between 3.30pm and 4pm on Friday July 11 near to the Aldridge Chip Shop on Anchor Road, by four white males wearing hoodies.
The youths befriended him and led him to Anchor Meadow Playing Fields just off Aldridge Bypass. They then took him to a secluded part of the field, before pulling him to the floor and searching him before stealing his iPhone.
Dc Karl Schild from Walsall CID said: "This was a cowardly attack on a young vulnerable man who suffers from a number of physical disabilities which I believe led him to be targeted and taken advantage of by this group of youths. During the robbery he hurt his knee and ankle and had to go to hospital to be checked."
The offenders are described as four youths aged 14-15, wearing Adidas clothing, a black coat and grey tracksuit bottoms.
They ran off towards the Red House area.
Anyone with information should contact police on 101.
