Arrests after 80-year-old woman targeted in distraction burglary
An 80-year-old woman has been the victim of a distraction burglary.
The pensioner was in her home in Bridlington Road, Full Sutton, on Tuesday when a man knocked at her door, claiming he had lost his ball in her garden.
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The elderly lady went into the back garden with the man, leaving her front door unlocked.
When she returned, she noticed a different man rushing to leave her front garden, get into a car and drive. Her handbag was missing.
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Officers stopped the car on the A1079 towards Market Weighton. Two men, aged 44 and 29, both of Hull, have been arrested.
4 Comments
by robd63
Monday, February 04 2013, 7:22PM
“Good job they were travelling at 63mph in a 60mph speed limit area or they'd have got away with it.”
by bewildered1
Monday, February 04 2013, 3:56PM
“Well caught, nice work.”
by dontwo
Monday, February 04 2013, 1:26PM
“What they gonna get, an ASBO?.”
by 012345678
Monday, February 04 2013, 8:53AM
“It's a pity they don't let the relatives of the victims deal with low-life scum that target the elderly instead of the pathetic sentencing dished out by the criminal justice system .”