The latest handbag theft news for you.

A drug addict pushed over a woman while fleeing from a supermarket with a stolen handbag, a callous criminal broke into a mourner’s car as they were visiting a loved one’s grave, and an elderly woman had her handbag stolen after being conned by someone posing as a repairman.

Thieves forced the door of a home and stole a handbag, and a thief who struck eight times in a two-day crime blitz on shoppers is behind bars. A thief ripped off a woman’s underpants in public and stole her bag, and a handbag worth nearly £300, were stolen from a shopping trolley in a discount clothes store.