Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was robbed in Armadale around 12.30pm on Monday afternoon.
A 23-year-old man was walking along Mount Pleasant in the direction of South Street when a black Ford Fiesta approached him. A man got out of the car, demanded money, grabbed the victim and stole his mobile phone.
The suspect is described as a white man in his early 20s, around 5’8″ in height with dark hair. He was wearing a red t-shirt, light-grey tracksuit top, dark tracksuit bottoms and red trainers.
Detective Constable David McDougall, of Livingston CID, said: “We’re appealing to anyone who witnessed this incident, or has any information at all about it, to please contact us.”
Anyone with information should contact Police Scotland on 101, quoting reference 1728 of 17 August, or anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
