POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a spate of robberies in Basingstoke.

It comes after a 30-year-old woman was targeted by two boys in Eastrop Park who tried to forcibly take her e-scooter.

The incident happened between 4.15 and 4.30pm on Monday (February 8) and the suspects were unsuccessful.

Investigating officers have since linked this incident to three others in Basingstoke over the past couple of days.

At around 8pm on Tuesday (February 9), a 13-year-old boy was the victim of a robbery when three boys took his e-scooter on Cranbourne Lane.

At around 6.30pm on Tuesday (February 9), at The Viables Centre on Harrow Way, another 13-year-old boy was victim of a robbery when his e-scooter was stolen.

Between 5.30pm and 5.50pm on Sunday (February 7), a 14-year-old boy was near the Poundland on Festival Place when an unknown man assaulted him and took his e-scooter.

Officers are keen to identify two suspects, they are described as follows:

• A white man, aged between 17 and 20-years-old. He was wearing a blue surgical mask, a black North Face jacket, black jogging bottoms, and riding a black mountain bike.

• A white man, aged between 17 and 20-years old. He was wearing an orange hat, a navy blue winter coat with dark jogging bottoms, and riding an orange mountain bike with ‘specialised’ written in black on the frame.

Were you in the area at the time? Perhaps you saw someone acting suspiciously in any of the incident locations?

Anyone with information is asked to phone 101 with the reference 44210048524.