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Police probe assault and robbery

their teenage victim after realising he had no money for them to steal.Police spokesperson P.c. Gary Venning said the incident took place 10 p.m.

their teenage victim after realising he had no money for them to steal.

Police spokesperson P.c. Gary Venning said the incident took place 10 p.m.

Friday in the area of Spanish Point Park in Pembroke.

The 18-year-old Paget victim told Police that he went to the park to meet some friends.

Upon his arrival at the park, he was approached by three youths who demanded that he give them money.

P.c. Venning said that one of the youths allegedly pushed a sharp object into the victim's back while the others removed his wallet.

When they discovered that the teen had no money, the offenders punched and kicked the teen and removed his Adidas jacket. The youths fled the scene on bikes.

The victim suffered a cut lip and bruising.

Police inquiries are continuing.

VICTIMS HOSPITALISED CRM Victims hospitalised Police are investigating two weekend assaults which landed both victims in King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for medical treatment.

Police spokesperson P.c. Gary Venning said a 20-year-old Pembroke man suffered head injuries Friday night after allegedly being assaulted by another man.

The incident took place around 9.15 p.m. on Middle Road in Warwick, near Khyber Pass.

P.c. Venning said the victim, who was with a female, became embroiled in an altercation with his alleged assailant.

The man was punched and kicked about the body. He attended the hospital to seek medical attention to close a facial wound.

P.c. Venning said a similar incident took place during the early hours of Sunday morning on Front Street in Hamilton.

The 28-year-old victim told Police that he was talking to a girl when he was approached by another man and punched in the face in an unprovoked attack.

The 3.30 a.m. incident resulted in the victim being taken to the hospital to receive stitches to close the wounds to his face.

Police inquiries are continuing into both incidents.