A ROBBER threatened three people with a knife in a late-night mugging.

The thief stalked two men and a woman on Brackenhall Road in Sheepridge shortly after 12.15am yesterday.

When they stopped he confronted them and held a knife to the woman's throat.

He demanded her handbag, which she gave him.

The knifeman then pointed the weapon at the two men and demanded their mobile phones. But they did not have any.

The thief then fled.

He is a mixed-race African-Caribbean, aged 20 to 25 and stocky.

He wore a dark, hooded top with a scarf covering his nose and mouth. He also wore dark tracksuit bottoms and trainers.

Anyone who knows who he is should phone Pc Helen McSeveney at Huddersfield CID on 01484 436582.