Parents save daughter from yobs in Northampton after dad was threatened with knife on way home from school

A mum and dad battled to save their five-year-old poorly daughter against yobs in Northampton after they were threatened with a knife.

The father - who wishes to remain anonymous while the attackers are at large - was picking his little girl up from school on Monday with his partner after teachers had phoned home to say she was feeling unwell.

After crossing Barrack Road to head back home they were approached by three thugs who rudely called out to the parents who were holding hands with their daughter.

After questioning what the yobs said to them, they shouted at the victim to **** off, before one offender attacked him.

The victim, who stepped into the doorway nearby shop for help, said: "He came straight at me with no consideration for my family and before I could say anything he punched me in my face.

"Another one of the youths came straight up to me and lifted his t-shirt to show me he had a blade. I was then threatened to be stabbed in the doorway of a shop as I was shouting for them to ring the police.

"No-one came to help as both my partner and five-year-old daughter were screaming and crying for help. My daughter was hysterically screaming 'my daddy'. My partner was trying to defend her against the youths.

"It was just so frightening, we were just a young family walking home from school. My daughter still had her school uniform on."

The father wants the public to know about the frightening incident as it happened at 1pm.

"I want the public to know that anything could happen and I don't want this to ever happen again to other people," he added.

"A passerby came to the aid of my partner and daughter and without him it would have got worse. It seemed to scare them of from the attack.

"I feel like there's no safety on the streets anymore."

No arrests have been made and Northamptonshire Police are urging witnesses to come forward with information by quoting the case number 20000496509.

A spokeswoman for Northamptonshire Police said the first offender is described as a black man, about 20 years old, 6ft and of a skinny build. He had beaded afro hair, which was split in rows pulled to the back of his head and was wearing a grey tracksuit with a hoody and black trainers. He had a rucksack on his shoulder.

"The second man was a black man, in his 20s, with a scruffy beard, less than 6ft and of a stocky build. He was wearing other than a hoody.

"The third man was a white man, younger than the other two, about 19-20, with fair hair. He had a blue mountain bike and was wearing trainers, grey tracksuit bottoms and a dark coloured short sleeve t-shirt."