Two teen boys banned from Peterborough city centre
It's after they robbed a woman of her car at knifepoint
Last updated 16th Apr 2025
Two teenage boys who robbed a woman of her car at knifepoint have been banned from Peterborough city centre and given curfews.
The 17-year-old from Peterborough, and 15-year-old from Horley in Surrey, both of whom cannot be named for legal reasons, wore face coverings as they demanded car keys from their 31-year-old victim.
She had parked her white Audi S5 in St Johns Street, at about 11.30pm on 23 November last year, while she went into a nearby shop.
As she returned a short while later, the teenage boys approached her with one holding a knife to her stomach, and demanded she hand over the car keys.
Fearing for her life, she complied, and the pair drove off in her car after also snatching her mobile phone from her hands.
She used a member of the public’s phone to call police.
The victim’s handbag, which was inside the car, was found in the garden of a pub in Grove Street, which was reported to police.
CCTV footage showed the Audi pull up outside the pub and the two teens get out and throw the bag over a fence before getting back in the car and driving off.
Police came across the stolen car on the A47 near to the Eye roundabout in Peterborough at just after 1am and signalled for it to pull over, however it made off, before the pair were eventually caught in North Bank, Crowland, about half an hour later.
The pair both admitted a charge of robbery last year while the elder boy was found guilty of being in possession of a knife in a public place following a trial at Peterborough Youth Court in January.
They both appeared at Cambridge Crown Court on Wednesday (9 April) where they were each ordered to complete youth rehabilitation orders with intensive supervision for two-and-a-half years.
They must adhere to a curfew between 7pm and 7am for the next nine months, wear an electronic tag, and have been banned from Peterborough city centre for three months.