Two men tried to rob a 22-year-old woman of her handbag in St Giles in Oxford.

The woman was walking outside the Lamb and Flag pub on Monday at 10pm when the pair tried to take her handbag.

Two passers-by helped by shouting at the robbers, meaning she could run away.

Police say one of the thieves is 5ft 6in with shoulder-length “scraggly” hair. He was wearing a grey hoodie and a hat.

The second was also wearing a hoodie.

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