A MAN was robbed at knifepoint by a gang of three men who approached him offering to sell him goods.

The 39-year-old victim left Fleming Way Post Office at lunchtime on Wednesday and was approached by the gang.

One of the men was carrying a rucksack and offered him various items for sale. He persuaded the victim to walk with him towards the bus station where one of the gang produced a knife and demanded cash.

The suspects are all white One is 5ft 1ins, medium build, wearing a woollen hat, grey loose fitting tracksuit bottoms and a dirty tracksuit top, the other 5ft 11ins, medium build, spotty complexion, dark hair, wearing a beige woollen hat , and the third 5ft 7ins tall, stocky build, mousy brown hair, wearing a woollen hat, a Puffa style jacket with a motif on the left breast.