A PAPERBOY watched in horror as thieves stopped in a car to steal his prized mountain bike.
Liam Haworth, 15, had got off the 21-gear lime green Apollo Guru to drop off his delivery bag at the newsagents in Benson Street, Little Harwood, at tea-time on February 11.
Three men, aged 21 to 25, pulled up in a blue car and one got out and rode off on the bike.
Liam's mum, Gillian Haworth, of Greenhead Avenue, Blackburn, said: "He had saved up out of his paper round money to buy the bike.
"It was the first time he'd used it on the round and it went. I just want others to realise it only takes a minute and these people have got your bike."
Anybody with information about the incident should ring Blackburn police on 01254 51212.
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