Police Appeal After Distraction Burglary

The Cotswolds

Contact Us
[email protected]

Website design and hosting by Commatic


Cotswold Blog

The Cotswold Blog is a collection of diary entries, news, gossip and other Cotswold related information.

Police Appeal After Distraction Burglary

Police in the Cotswolds are appealing for the public's help in tracing a man who posed as a utility worker to trick his way into the home of a 94-year-old bedridden woman.

The man gained entry into the house in Ampney Knowle at around 11.30am yesterday, Monday September 24, purporting to be from the water board.

He was let in by the victim's daughter who was told to empty the contents from a cupboard under the kitchen sink.

Unbeknownst to the victim's daughter a second offender then gained entry to the house and searched the victim's bedroom who was in the bed at the time.

She was uninjured during the incident but left shaken and upset.

After both men left it was discovered that �20 had been taken from the victim's purse which had been in a room upstairs.

The man who initially entered the house is described as white, around 6-foot-10-inches tall with dark hair and an Irish accent.

He was wearing a dark blue zip up jacket, dark blue trousers a peaked golf cap and black leather gloves.

There is no description of the second man.

Anybody with any information on this incident who hasn't already spoken to the police is asked to call 0845 090 1234 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 quoting incident 217 of September 24.


Posted : 25/09/2007 09:02:26

PLEASE NOTE: This story has been archived and the information contained within it may no longer be correct.


Other recent Cotswolds news items

Chipping Norton Leisure Centre set for expansion

Chipping Norton Leisure Centre is set for a major upgrade after councillors gave funding the green light. The Centre, based at Chipping Norton School, will be given an artificial turf pitch which...

Record numbers for Cheltenham Science Festival

Record numbers flocked to Cheltenham Science Festival last week (5-10 June) to explore the wonders of science. There were over 45,000 visits from people of all ages taking part in six free interactive...

Scout Group set to benefit from council grant

Plans for the interior fit out of a Scout Group hut in Chipping Norton have been given an £18,000 funding boost from West Oxfordshire District Council. The new fit out is for a brand new hut...

To view the full Cotswold Blog, click here