A COUPLE robbed a young woman at Primrose Hill.

The 19-year-old victim was walking down a flight of steps between Wood Terrace and Queen's Mill Road at 7pm on Wednesday when a man and a woman approached her.

The man tried to grab her bag and a struggle broke out.

During the struggle the woman slapped the victim round the face.

The man eventually got the bag and the couple ran off to Wood Terrace.

Police found the bag, but cash and bank cards had been taken from it.

The man is described as white, 5ft 3in tall and skinny.

He had a very spotty face.

He was wearing a navy blue cap, a black hooded top, blue tracksuit bottoms and black trainers with a white Nike logo.

The woman was white, aged 18 or 19 and 5ft 7in tall.

She was chubby with long black hair in a ponytail.

She was wearing a dark green hooded top and black trousers.

Anyone with information about the crime should phone Huddersfield CID on 01484 436685.