A mother was pushed to the ground and robbed as she pushed her child in a buggy.

Police today issued an appeal for information about the robbery at about 1.30pm on Friday, May 20 in Penryn. 

The mum, 30, was walking with her young child, who was in a buggy, heading out of the town centre in the direction of West Street. 

As she approached the junction of Calver Close she was approached by a man who asked her for the time. After this the man pushed the woman to the ground before stealing her purse, containing £200, and a Pandora bracelet.

The suspect is described as a white man who was about 5ft 10ins tall, of slim build, and aged in his late 20s to early 30s.  He had uneven stubble on his face, dark hair with very bushy eyebrows and may have been wearing a dark hooded top. 

Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101 or [email protected] quoting crime number CR/033202/16.