A teenager who hit a man with a brick and another man with a metal bar during robberies is being hunted by Oxford police.

In the first incident, a man was hit with a brick after he refused to hand over money to a youth who approached him in Cowley Road just after 6.20pm on Friday (February 9). His assailant was described as a very slim black youth, about 6ft tall, with short black frizzy hair, who was wearing a dark-coloured hooded top with the hood pulled up.

When then man refused to hand any money over, the youth hit him with a brick, causing cuts and bruises to his mouth.

Police said they believe the same youth was one of two men who took a mountain bike and cash from a man in Meadow Lane, Oxford at 4pm on Sunday.

This man was hit about the legs with a metal bar by an attacker. Police said the attacker wore a dark-hooded sweatshirt.

The second man was about 5ft tall, of small build, aged about 14 and wearing a light-coloured hooded sweatshirt.

The pair made off with the man's bike and 45 in cash. He was left with bruising to his legs, chest and hands.

Anyone with information can contact Oxford Police on 01865 266333 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.