A WOMAN has been left shaken after a robbery attack.

The 36-year-old was walking home from a shop at 9.30pm on Saturday and cut through an alleyway between Tennyson Close and Birchington Avenue, in Grangetown, near Middlesbrough.

She was hit on her head and fell to the floor. A man then stole a mobile phone and £60 from her handbag.

Cleveland Police said she was badly shaken and has been unable to describe her attacker.

Anyone with information is asked to contact PC Jon Hagan on (01642) 302626