A GANG of six threatened a teenager at knifepoint in a Southampton alleyway before stealing his jacket.

The attack happened opposite Seymours Nightclub in Carlton Place, during the early hours of Sunday morning.

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Police have described the six suspects as black, aged between 25 and 30, all over 6ft and all wearing hooded tops and black baseball caps.

One of the men spoke with a Jamaican accent and one with a London accent.

DC Russell Bennett, of the Street Robbery Investigation team, said: “I would appeal to anyone who was in the Carlton Place area in the early hours of Sunday morning and saw this gang to please come forward and speak to us.”

Anyone with information about the attack, which happened between 12.15am and 1am, should contact Southampton’s Street Robbery Investigation Team at Hulse Road on 0845 045 4545.