Man 'threatened with knife' outside Doncaster supermarket in attempt to tackle bike thief

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A man was reportedly threatened with a ‘big old knife’ outside a Doncaster supermarket as he tried to tackle a bike thief.

According to social media, the incident is understood to have happened outside the Morrisons store in Church Street, Armthorpe, last night.

A post said: “BIke just been tryed (sic) to be stolen outside Morrisons about 5.15pm.

"Lad threatened me with a big old knife. Not my bike.”

South Yorkshire Police said they had no details of the incident.