POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man was attacked in Derby.
At 10pm last night, a man walked up an alleyway opposite the Maypole public house on Nuns Street, he then walked through another alley way that leads to William Street.
On coming out of the alleyway the man felt a blow to the back of his head which made him fall to the floor, according to police.
He was then assaulted by a man described as Asian with a goatee beard. An amount of cash was stolen from the man's jeans pocket.
Someone then helped the man up and escorted him back to the pub where the ambulance was called.
Police would like to speak to the person that called for an ambulance and to anyone that may have witnessed the robbery.
Anyone with information should contact the robbery team at St Mary's Wharf using the non-emergency number 101.
