A 20-year-old man was attacked by three yobs in Birkenhead.

Merseyside Police were called to Duke Street near to Birkenhead Park train station at around 1pm on Wednesday, February 20 to following reports that three yobs had assaulted a 20-year-old man before snatching cash and his mobile phone.

Detectives say that the man did not receive any serious injuries.

The three men were around 20-years-old, one was white, 5ft 6in of skinny build with short shaved dark hair and at the time was wearing a grey hooded quilted jacket.

Another was 5ft 9in with ginger hair and was wearing a khaki coloured jacket while the third was 5ft 6in of skinny build with long brown hair and grey pants.

Police are now looking for anyone who witnessed the incident to come forward.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Merseyside Police on social media via @MerPolCC, call 101 or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 quoting log 401 of 20 February.