POLICE are appealing for witnesses and have issued a CCTV still of a suspect following a robbery in Cleckheaton.  

The Kirklees District Crime Team would like to speak to anyone who has information about the offence which took place at about 8.20pm on Wednesday, January 25, on Royds Park off Dewsbury Road.

It happened after the suspect, who had followed the teenage male victim through Cleckheaton town centre from about 7.15pm, approached and threatened him with a knife in the park, demanding his black Canada Goose jacket which had a fur hood. 

The suspect made off with the coat back towards Cleckheaton town centre and was last sighted near Cleckheaton Bus Station.

He was described as a black male, in his late teens to early twenties, of a skinny build, 5'10 to 5'11 in height, wearing a grey padded trench coat, black bottoms and black Nike ‘Airforce 1’ trainers.

Detective Constable Christopher Eglen, of Huddersfield District Crime Team, said:  “This is a concerning incident in which the suspect has followed the victim for a sustained period of time, before carrying out the attack at knife point.

“The coat is fairly distinctive, and the images have been released in the hope it will trigger someone’s memory who may have seen the male in the Cleckheaton area and can assist us with his identification.

"Anybody with any information, is asked to contact myself at Huddersfield CID via 101 quoting crime reference number 13230047564 or alternatively online at www.westyorkshire.police.uk/101livechat

"Alternatively reports can be made anonymously to the independent Crimestoppers charity on 0800 555 111."

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