Police appeal following canal towpath robbery

Detectives are appealing for information after three teenage boys were robbed in Shirley on 28 August.The boys (all aged 13) were walking along the towpath near to Dickens Heath at 4.10pm when a stranger asked them to empty their pockets before stealing their phones.It’s believed that the man threatened to stab them; however no knife was actually seen.The suspect is described as a white man with a stocky build, around 5ft 7ins tall and aged in his late 20’s. He had blonde shaven hair