TWO robbers who mugged a taxi driver left him lying injured in the road.

The cabbie picked up the two men from outside the Zanzibar nightclub, on Stockton High Street, in the early hours yesterday.

A Cleveland Police spokesman said: "A short while later, the taxi driver was found lying unconscious next to his taxi, on Rochester Road, Stockton. He was taken to North Tees General Hospital where he was treated for minor injuries."

The cab was a black Citroen. Anyone with information about the crime should ring (01642) 302210 and ask for PC Avril Dimelow.