Caught on CCTV: Man who stole from elderly Sandwell couple
Police in Sandwell have released these CCTV images of a man who targeted and stole from an elderly couple who were shopping in Wednesbury.
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The man and an accomplice, both described as Eastern European with dark hair, followed the 83-year-old woman and her husband from a cash point in Union Street into the nearby Savers Store.
The man depicted in the CCTV images then distracted the woman by blocking her path, while the other man removed her purse from her bag.
Both men then went to the cash point, and using the card, withdrew £100.
The incident happened on Thursday, September 18, between 10.20am and 10.45am.
Police Sgt Chris Payne described the act as a 'despicable theft' and asked anyone with information to contact the police on 101.
