Attackers dressed as Star Wars fiend Darth Maul hold up cricket club



Terrifying: The pair dressed up in Lord Darth Maul masks to cover their faces during the raid on Aldridge Cricket Club

Would-be robbers dressed up as Star Wars fiend Lord Darth Maul raided a cricket club and assaulted two men with metal batons.

Two men were closing the pavilion at Aldridge Cricket Club during the early hours of Wednesday morning when they were attacked by the pair dressed in the distinctive red and black masks.



As they tried to break into the building the two workers, aged 39 and 52, confronted them and were then hit with metal bars.

But the men fought back and their attackers fled empty-handed in a silver saloon-type car leaving their victims needing hospital treatment.

The 39-year-old suffered from arm injuries and severe bruising while the man in his fifties suffered bruising to his face and back.

Another man and woman witnessed the assaults but were not injured.



Detective Inspector Neil Bason from Weds Midlands CID said: 'Police are investigating this incident in the early hours of the morning.



[The two victims suffered severe bruising following the attack and we want to trace the two men who carried out this offence.'

He said one of the men was between 5ft 10in and 6ft 3in, while the other was about 5ft 10in and slim.



Aldridge Cricket Club where the assault on the two men took place



