Police are investigating after two men wearing balaclavas assaulted a pub worker and customer before stealing a phone and wallet from a Brentwood pub.

The men went into the Rising Sun pub in Ongar Road, Brentwood at about 10.45pm on Sunday, April 24.

Police are appealing for information about a robbery at the Rising Sun pub, Ongar Road, Brentwood.

They assaulted a member of staff, leaving him with facial injuries and a customer who tried to help him.

A phone and a wallet were stolen.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact Dc Mel Keen at Brentwood CID on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.