Teens banned from city after robbing woman of car

Two teenage boys who robbed a woman of her car at knifepoint have been banned from a city centre and given curfews.

Police said the 17-year-old and 15-year-old wore face coverings as they demanded the car keys from their victim in Peterborough.

Det Con Megan Sims said: "This was an incredibly frightening incident for the victim who feared for her life."

Police said the pair, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were given their curfews at Cambridge Crown Court last week.

The victim, who was in her 30s, parked her Audi S5 in St Johns Street in the city centre at about 23:30 GMT on 23 November.

Cambridgeshire Police said the boys approached her as she returned, with one holding a knife to her stomach and demanding she hand over the keys.

The pair drove off in her car after also snatching her mobile phone.

Police said they later found the victim's handbag in the garden of a pub in Grove Street.

The stolen car was tracked to the A47 near to the Eye roundabout and it was pursued to North Bank in Crowland.

Cambridgeshire Police said both teenagers admitted robbery in court last year, and the 17-year-old was found guilty of being in possession of a knife in a public place following a trial in January.

Officers said the 17-year-old, from Peterborough, and the 15-year-old, from Horley in Surrey, were given their youth rehabilitation orders at court on 9 April.

The pair were given intensive supervision orders covering two-and-a-half years, police said.

They were banned from the city centre for three months.

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