A 14-YEAR-OLD boy was butted and punched by two youths on a canal path.
Police say the victim was stopped by the pair as he cycled along the Erewash Canal, close to Bennett Street, Long Eaton, at about 6.45pm last night.
He was stopped by two youths who asked to borrow his bicycle pump.
The teen handed it over and was then attacked by the pair who stole his mobile phone.
Police says the first offender is white, aged about 16 and was wearing a black beenie hat.
He was riding a white BMX bike.
The second man was also riding a mountain bike but had his face covered by a scarf.
Anyone with information should call 101.
