A POOLE woman was left with facial injuries after she was punched in the face in a lunchtime robbery at Boscombe.

The 30-year-old woman had just left Boscombe post office at 12.30pm on Tuesday when she was approached by a man who demanded her bag.

He then punched her to her face causing her to fall over before running off with her post office card.

Anyone with any information is urged to contact police on 101 quoting incident number 27:220.