Knife-wielding robbers terrified individuals in three separate attacks this week. One man and two women fell victims to two attacks in Lancaster and one in Morecambe.

A teenage girl was attacked by a knife-wielding robber in Morecambe last Thursday but the 16-year-old refused to hand over any cash after being grabbed round the throat by the balaclava-wearing man and knocked to the floor.

The attack took place at about 4am on Albany Road after the girl had nipped out to a nearby garage. The teenager, who is from Lancaster, eventually managed to persuade her assailant that she had no cash.

He then ran off leaving her with grazes on her body.

The attacker is described as male, white, wearing a black balaclava, a shiny bomber jacket and dark coloured bottoms, about 20-years-old and a local accent.

A lone woman attendant at Scotforth filling station was threatened with a black-handled kitchen knife on Friday night.

The man, brandishing his knife, forced the woman to fill up a bag with cash from the till. The thug then made off with £85.

He was male, white, 5ft 8ins to 6ft tall, 30-years-old, dark brown, short hair, and wore a scruffy bobble hat and blue jeans. He had a North Eastern accent.

Two men stalked a couple on Friday night on the cycle track behind the Priory Church, Lancaster before their attack.

The robbers cut the man on his face and hand forced the couple on the floor before making off with £30.

The victims then went to the Royal Lancaster Infirmary with their injuries.

One of the assailants is described as white, male 5ft 8-10ins tall, wispy hair on his face, a dark, tight fitting puffer jacket, expensive trainers and a local accent.

The man who attacked the female is described as afro-Caribbean, male, slightly older and taller than the other man with injuries to his right eye.

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