Thieves who robbed a man will learn their fate at court next month.

Thomas Wales, 19, yesterday admitted his part in the attack on a 25-year-old victim on June 28.

A pair of training shoes, £30, tobacco and a medicine bottle and its contents were taken from the victim.

Andrew Greener, 21, of Constance Street, Consett, and a 17-year-old youth both admitted a charge of robbery at an earlier hearing.

At Durham Crown Court, Wales' barrister, Euan Duff, asked for them all to be sentenced together.

Mr Duff told the court that when he returns to be sentenced, Wales also intends to admit a burglary at Shotley Bridge Cricket Club.

Wales, of Park Road, South Moor, Stanley, was remanded in custody to be brought back for sentence with Greener and the 17-year-old on December 23.

Judge Esmond Faulks asked for reports to be drawn up by the probation service on Wales prior to sentence.