A TEENAGE boy has been threatened and robbed at knife-point in Promenade Park.

Essex Police are appealing information following a robbery in Park Drive, Maldon, at around 5pm yesterday.

A spokesman said: "A teenage boy was waiting outside the public toilets close to Pomenade Park when he was approached by a man and threatened.

"The suspect showed him the handle of an object, believed to a knife, and demanded he hand over his watch and bag.

"He then left the scene in a car, believed to be a blue Fiesta.

"The suspect wore a large black coat, grey tracksuit bottoms and had a short black beard and tattoos around his neck."

Anyone with information should contact Chelmsford CID on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.