A SHOPPER was robbed at knifepoint, police have reveal-ed.

Two men, armed with a knife and a screwdriver, carried out the attack on a lone woman shopper as she left Morrison's, in Seaburn, Sunderland, after dark.

They confronted the 45-year-old as she approached a vehicle in the car park of the Whitburn Road store.

One lunged at her with the screwdriver, tearing her clothing, before grabbing her handbag.

The victim was said to have been physically unhurt, but badly traumatised in the attack, which took place last Wednesday, at 8.10pm.

Police said a white Ford Sierra car used by the robbers was taken from the Seaham Grange Industrial Estate, in east Durham, on the day of the robbery. It has not been recovered.

Detectives described the man who grabbed the bag as aged about 25, 5ft 7in to 5ft 8in, with short dark hair and a light, tanned complexion.

He was wearing a dark blue three-quarter length jacket, dark trousers and a red woollen hat.

His accomplice, the getaway driver, was said to be aged 25 to 30, of medium build, with short, light brown hair and a round face with a pointed chin.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to ring Sunderland CID, on 0191-454 7555.