A PENSIONER had her credit card stolen as she tried to get cash out of an ATM machine.
The woman, in her sixties from Chafford Hundred, was at the cashpoint at Tesco in Signet Way, Lakeside, when the theft occurred.
As she waited to get money out of the machine, a man approached her from behind. He pressed the button to eject the card, grabbed it and ran off.
The crook was Asian, aged 30 to 35, 5ft 6ins tall and of thin build. He had dark eyes, a goatee beard and wore a grey hoodie.
Witnesses to the theft, which happened at 10.50am last Friday can contact police at Grays on 01375 391212.
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