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Crooks steal from aged girl by pretending she’s dropped cash

  • The girl, in her 70s, had her bag stolen in Brandon Street, Leicester 
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This is the stunning second merciless crooks steal from an aged girl by pretending she has dropped some cash in Leicester. 

A girl carrying a darkish blue scarf, jacket, and blue skirt totters alongside the pavement in Brandon Street, Leicester, with a white and inexperienced provider bag hanging from her arm. 

A gaggle of males carrying baseball caps and darkish clothes could be seen within the CCTV footage strolling on the alternative facet of the street.

One of the boys breaks away from the group and scampers throughout the street earlier than shortly strolling behind the aged girl, aged in her 70s. He pulls one thing out from his pocket which seems to be a bit of paper and fingers it to her.

After briefly chatting with the pensioner, the thug factors to the ground and he or she stoops down to select one thing up.

He can then be seen reaching into his pocket once more and a few silvery cash fall to the ground.

An elderly woman wearing a dark blue headscarf can be seen tottering down Brandon Street, in Leicester. A man wearing a baseball cap appears to suggest she has dropped some money

An aged girl carrying a darkish blue scarf could be seen tottering down Brandon Street, in Leicester. A person carrying a baseball cap seems to counsel she has dropped some cash

As she stoops down to pick up some coins, his accomplice starts cutting into her carrier bag as the man continues to distract her

As she stoops down to select up some cash, his confederate begins slicing into her provider bag as the person continues to distract her

He pulls a red handbag through the gap before clasping it close to his chest and making a quick exit

He pulls a purple purse by way of the hole earlier than clasping it near his chest and making a fast exit

As she reaches down to select them up the baseball-cap carrying thief seems to be to his proper and is joined by one in all his gang members.

They test to verify the coast is obvious earlier than one of many males sneakily cuts into her provider bag whereas the opposite distracts her.

A person then pulls out purple purse and holds it near his chest earlier than making a fast exit as his confederate follows behind. 

According to the timestamp on the footage, the theft seems to have taken place on February 16. 

Speaking right this moment, a Leicestershire police spokesperson mentioned: ‘An investigation is constant following a report of theft in East Leicester.

‘Shortly earlier than 1pm final Friday (February 16) a report was acquired stating a amount of money had been taken from a bag being carried by girl in her 70s in Brandon Street.

‘The girl was not injured. No arrests have been made.’