Tattooed con men tricked two students outside the Rat & Parrot pub into buying faulty goods and then threatened them with gun.

A tattooed con man convinced the students into parting with £200 for a lap-top computer and camcorder. Whilst distracted by a man in a car a second tattooed man switch the items for faulty ones.

When challenged, the two men threatened the students with a gun and drove away in the car, a maroon Vauxhall Carlton, towards Claremont Gardens.

Both men were described as 35, white with a shaved head and red and green tattoos on their arms.

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