POLICE in Cheltenham are appealing for information after an elderly man was robbed and attacked after he left a post office in the town on Tuesday afternoon.

The incident occurred in an alleyway next to the Two Pigs pub at about 3.50pm on Tuesday 31 March after 70-year-old had left a post office.

The 70-year-old victim had just collected several thousand pounds in Euros from the post office when a man approached him and told him there was a woman who wanted to speak to him.

The victim returned to the cashier at the post office but left again when she told him it wasn't her.

He walked to a nearby bus stop but just before the ’D’ route bus arrived the same man approached him again and told him the woman was waiting for him in a pub.

The man told the victim he would take him to her and escorted him down an alleyway next to the Two Pigs pub.

The victim, realising he may have been tricked, turned to walk back but was then attacked by the man.

The victim managed to hold on to some of the cash but was left with injuries including multiple fractures to the eye, bruises and grazing.

The attacker is described as white, around 30 years old, of slim build, 5ft 8ins to 5ft 9ins tall and wearing a distinctive blue and white jumper and sandy/beige chino style trousers.

Anyone who recognises the man or has any information about this incident is urged to call 101, quoting incident 330 of 31 March.