Two men have been convicted of a series of knifepoint robberies in which one victim was beaten and needed hospital treatment.

Abdulahi Sharif Mohamed, 20, of Riverdene, Edgware, pleaded guilty at Harrow Crown Court on Monday, July 16, to robbing three victims on May 8, May 17 and May 20. The victim in the May 8 robbery was threatened at knife-point. The victim in the 20 May robbery was beaten and needed hospital treatment.

A 17-year-old from Wembley pleaded guilty at the same hearing to the offences on May 8 and 17, in addition to another offence on May 17 in which the victim was threatened with a knife.

The robberies took place in a pathway in Edgware between Farm Road and Brook Avenue. The victims were men aged between 25 and 50 who were robbed of phones and wallets as they walked home from the tube station.

The pair will be sentenced at Harrow Crown Court on August 22 - Mohamed was remanded in custody; the 17-year-old has been bailed.