A 47-YEAR-OLD man was hurt in a robbery on a footpath.

The victim was walking down the path off Cemetery Road in Edgerton, leading towards Osborne Road, Birkby, at 2.40pm yesterday .

He was approached by two men - one walking and one on a blue mountain bike

The man on foot bumped into the victim, knocked to the floor and he dropped his mobile phone.

The accomplice on the bike picked the phone up and rode away towards St John's Road.

The man who barged into the victim is a stocky eastern European man with short dark hair, sideburns and a beard.

He wore a dark hooded tank top.

Anyone with information should ring Huddersfield CID on 01484 436685 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.