{"id":11471,"date":"2018-05-28T16:28:53","date_gmt":"2018-05-28T20:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=11471"},"modified":"2018-05-28T16:28:53","modified_gmt":"2018-05-28T20:28:53","slug":"woman-100-has-neck-broken-in-bag-snatch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2018\/05\/28\/woman-100-has-neck-broken-in-bag-snatch\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman, 100, has neck broken in bag snatch"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 100-year-old woman has been left with a broken neck after being knocked over by a handbag thief.<\/p>\n

She was attacked from behind and pushed to the floor near the junction of St Chad’s Road and Empress Road in Normanton, Derby, at 08:30 BST.<\/p>\n

The stolen green fake leather bag was found nearby.<\/p>\n

Police said the woman, who is being treated in hospital, also suffered bruising to her face but her injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.<\/p>\n

Det Sgt Laura Kershaw said “This is a particularly nasty incident that has targeted a very vulnerable elderly woman who was unable to defend herself.”<\/p>\n

The woman has been unable to give a description of her attacker, she said.<\/p>\n

The bag was found a few hundred yards away at the junction of Normanton Road and Moore Street.<\/p>\n

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The handbag was found a few hundred yards away.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Police are appealing for anyone who may have CCTV or dashcam footage of the attack or anyone carrying the bag to contact them.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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