Police in Hereford are appealing for witnesses after the theft of a handbag.
The incident happened at Morrisons in Hereford at 10:10am on Thursday the 15th February.
Two women are seen to enter the store at around 9:45 hours and after engaging an elderly lady in conversation are seen on CCTV to steal her handbag from her shopping trolley. The female’s descriptions are as the CCTV images attached, the females are said to have foreign accents.
The victim does not notice the theft until she is at the tills and about to pay for her shopping. An unknown good Samaritan then pays for the victims shopping and she contacts her bank.
At around 10:45 hours the same day - Two men are captured on CCTV in Waitrose Hereford using the stolen cards prior to them being cancelled.
Members of the public are asked to view the images in order to indentify the offenders and to share to raise awareness of these offences.
Anyone with information is asked to call 101.
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