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Pensioner suffers broken arm after Wolverhampton bag snatch

The hunt is on for a thief who robbed a 71-year-old woman of her handbag leaving her with a broken arm.

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Police say the attack happened in Lower Vauxhall in Chapel Ash, Wolverhampton, on Friday night at 11pm.

The crook, who is described as black and possibly in his 20s, rode up to the pensioner on a mountain bike and tried to snatch the bag from her shoulder.

Police urge anyone with information to call 101.

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