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A young man was robbed at a busy transport hub while being threatened with two guns…
A mum has spoken of her fears after her son’s boyfriend was robbed at Taser and knife point in Sutton Coldfield as she was on her way to meet them.
Shabana Mujtaba drove her son and a friend to meet her 18-year-old boyfriend at Sutton Coldfield train station last Friday (September 25).
But unknown to her and her son, the boyfriend was followed and then suffered a terrifying assault where he was threatened with a ‘Taser-type device and a machete’.
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The robbery took place near the station, where the victim was aware that he was being followed and was looking to get away.
He walked along Station Road and then passed through a car park and it was then that the attackers pounced at around 7.30pm.
They held the ‘Taser’ to his waist while one showed what appeared to be a machete hidden in his clothes.
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Shabana of Four Oaks told BirminghamLive: “My son’s friend had his phone stolen at around 7.30pm in a car park near Sutton Coldfield Railway Station.
“They threatened him with a taser-type device and a machete and stole his iPhone 12.
“I wanted to drop my son off at the station to meet his friend.
“The friend, who is 18, had come from Erdington and boarded at Gravelly Hill station, as did the two boys who robbed him.”
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The victim was in the Sixth Form in Sutton but then went home to Erdington to change to go to the gym in the town centre.
On his return journey he boarded the train at Gravelly Hill where two boys arrived.
Shabana said: “On the train they talked to him and said ‘where are you from’. He said Erdington.
“He had mentioned the boys to my son.
“They went on to Sutton Coldfield, and then he got off the train, and the two boys followed him.
“He went through the second car park between Station Street and Reddicroft.
“He was then threatened with the taser device that was held on his waist and they said they were going to use it. One also had a machete. And then they stole the phone.”
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Shabana said her son was worried because his friend did not answer his phone and he said he felt he was being followed.
He had gone to the gym to raise the alarm and then returned to the station where Shabana had dropped her son and his friend.
She said: “My son’s friend said they were Asian.
“One was wearing a balaclava, but the other was not. They were aged 16 to 18, about 5ft 9in, of slim build, wearing black clothes and hoodies.
“They both had strong Brummie accents but weren’t from this side.
“They were wearing chains, they said they had ‘stolen from others’. He was extremely shaken afterwards.”
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Shabana said she was told there was believed to be another robbery shortly after the one involving her son’s friend and that was witnessed by an adult who called the police.
Shabana added: “They want to be independent when they are 16, 17 or 18. They don’t want a lift from me.
“But I can’t let my son take that 20-minute walk because I’m worried something will happen to them.”
A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: “We are investigating an alleged assault and robbery which took place outside Sutton Coldfield Station at 7pm last Friday (September 25).
“Officers are continuing to make inquiries in the local area.
“Anyone with information about the incident can call 101 or use the live chat option on our website, quoting crime reference number 20/413642/26.
“Alternatively, make an anonymous report to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.”
