Handbag Snatched In Thame

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after an elderly woman had her handbag stolen in Thame on Sunday. (29/5).

At around 3.45pm, the 69-year-old woman was walking into Lee Court from Wellington Street when a man approached her from behind and stole her handbag.

As the man grabbed the bag he broke the handle. He then got into a car being driven by a white woman and made off in the direction of North Street.

Shortly before the incident, at around 3.35pm, the elderly woman was crossing the road in North Street, into Lashlake Road, when the same woman in a white car stopped to let the woman cross.

PC Emma Birch, based at Thame police station, said: ?I appeal to anyone who was in this area of Thame on Sunday afternoon and saw a man and woman in a white car acting suspiciously to contact police.?

Anyone with information that could assist police inquiries is urged to contact PC Birch at Thame police station, via 0845 8 505 505.

If you don?t want to speak to police and don?t want to leave your name contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.