Police hunt pair over crime spree

Three robberies are believed to have been carried out by the same offenders - as well as two burglaries.

In the first incident a 44-year-old man was approached by two men as he walked home from Bognor at about 1am on Sunday, August 25, on Felpham Esplanade, adjacent to Longbrook (near Sea Lane).

They asked him if he had any money before assaulting him, punching him to the floor and kicking him, causing cuts and bruises to his face and head. He managed to escape without anything being stolen but needed hospital treatment the next day for his injuries.

The same day at 9.13pm, an elderly man had his house in the Midway, Felpham, broken into. The intruders put a blanket over the 86-year-old’s head while he was in bed and demanded to know where this money was. They then searched his home and left with a cordless telephone handset, radio-controlled wrist watch, digital radio and £10 cash.

The following day, just after 12.30pm, two men followed an elderly woman into Fitzleet House, Queensway, in Bognor Regis, and got into a lift with her. The lift went up one floor and as the pair got out they grabbed the 85-year-old victim’s handbag.

The pensioner, who has limited mobility, attempted to keep hold of it but she was pulled from the lift and onto the floor. The two men made off with the bag and its contents, which included a purse and cash, leaving the woman with bruising to her elbow.