83 year-old Wigan woman robbed
Thousands of pounds have been stolen from an elderly woman in Wigan.
The incident took place at around 11am on Thursday 19th November 2015, an 83-year-old woman used a cash machine at Natwest bank on Standishgate in Wigan town centre where a man watched while she input her pin number. After leaving the bank the woman was followed by the man who was in the company of two women. They followed the elderly woman through Wigan town centre before distracting her near to the Griffin pub at around 12pm. One of the women removed the elderly woman's purse from her hand bag before all three walked away and got into a green Peugeot saloon car on Library Street. The purse contained credit and debit cards that were used later that day in Bolton town centre to withdraw over ÂŁ7,000 in cash from the elderly woman's account. Officers have examined CCTV footage from across Wigan town centre and are now appealing for the public's help in identifying a man and two women who were captured on CCTV. Police Constable Rodney Ashton said: "This woman was targeted in Wigan town centre and followed for some time until they had an opportunity to distract her and take her purse. We have trawled CCTV from across the town centre and we are now in a position to release three images. We would urge the public to take a look and call us if they recognise the people in the CCTV."