A POOL player was robbed and beaten by a gang outside a club last night.

The 26-year-old man was having a cigarette outside Deighton & Sheepridge Working Mens Conservative club aka The Top Club, Brackenhall Road, when he was swarmed by around 25 yobs.

The gang stole his phone and began beating him until club members managed to drag the injured man back inside.

The man's father blasted the yobs. He said: "They're a set of morons who've spoilt it for the whole community. Thankfully he wasn't too badly injured."