[30 JAN 01] CRIMES, FIRES & ACCIDENTS
Stitches Needed After City Street Attack

A 33-year-old man needed stitches for cuts to his face after he was attacked by robbers in Coventry yesterday evening.

The victim, who is from the city, suffered a cut on his left eyebrow which required five stitches, a cut below his right eye which required two butterfly stitches, a cut to his lip which needed four stitches and loose teeth.

Two men approached the man from behind and grabbed his clothes, causing him to spin around.

They stole £50 cash from him and assaulted him with an unknown implement across his face before fleeing the scene following the attack at 7pm last night Monday January 29.

One man is white, and the other black. They are both about 6ft tall and average build. The white offender was wearing a beige coat and his accomplice had dark hair.