Archive for December, 2006
Monday, December 18th, 2006
Bag thieves target elderly
Brazen bag-snatchers are targeting elderly car passengers in Dacorum as they pull up outside their homes.
The bold thieves have struck three times in the past two weeks, pulling open passenger doors and snatching handbags from the laps of women in their 70s and 80s.
In two cases, the female victims have been sitting in cars on [...]
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Saturday, December 9th, 2006
Bag theft victim tells of ordeal
The Chester Chronicle in the UK has run a story about a pensioner who had her bag snatched during a service at Chester Cathedral.
After losing her money, keys, important notes and payment cards, the 83-year-old mother, just 4ft 11ins in height, later wrote down exactly how the theft made her feel.
She is now hoping [...]
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Friday, December 1st, 2006
Secret service embarrassed by theft of Bush daughter’s bag
The US secret service are supposed to take a bullet for those they protect. Just don’t expect them to put themselves out for a handbag.
Being surrounded by a phalanx of agents with wires sprouting from their ears did not save Barbara Bush, the president’s 24-year-old daughter, from having her bag and mobile phone stolen at [...]