Robbers knock woman unconscious in Leigh street (From Echo)
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Robbers knock woman unconscious in Leigh street
4:17pm Friday 27th January 2012 in Leigh
A WOMAN was knocked unconscious by two robbers in a Leigh street.
The 30-year-old victim had just left her home in Marguerite Drive to go to work when she was approached by two men.
They appeared from a side access path between two houses, before one of them knocked her out with an unknown object.
They then stole her handbag which was worth about £800 with its contents. It was black with leopard print trim and contained two pairs of designer glasses, an iPhone and some other small items.
The men were both about 6ft tall and wore dark clothing but no further description is available.
Police are appealing for information from anyone who was in the area at about 7am on Wednesday, January 18.
Anyone with information should call PC Paul Brown who can be contacted at Southend police station on 101.
Comments(9)
jolllyboy
says...
4:50pm Fri 27 Jan 12
Sadly this is becoming more common in Southend area now.
That was a lot of money to be carrying - did they know about it ?
essextoppy
says...
5:42pm Fri 27 Jan 12
geezer, innit
says...
6:44pm Fri 27 Jan 12
Young Sage
says...
7:09pm Fri 27 Jan 12
geezer, innit wrote:Very amusing - your posts get better each day and this one is a corker.
must've had her solid gold vibrator in there.....
It makes this rather nasty crime of GBH and robbery seem almost trivial.
Tw#t
whataday
says...
11:45am Sat 28 Jan 12
clangrid
says...
1:57pm Sun 29 Jan 12
hobo316
says...
10:06pm Sun 29 Jan 12
clangrid wrote:" leaving us vulnerable to the unemployed"
At 0700 anyone should feel safe enough to be able to walk to the station to go to work, but I really hope the Council feel proud of themselves by changing the layout of Chalkwell station to prevent people from dropping off/collecting hard workers from the station after their daily commute and therefore leaving us vulnerable to the unemployed. Clap clap.... I really hope the woman is ok - just wish I was there to have helped.
what a snobby, arrogant, stereotyping piece of sh1t!!
R85
says...
1:08pm Mon 30 Jan 12
clangrid wrote:Agree with the last comment plus. …… feel safe at 7.00am??? What you mean when theres hardly anybody around compared to during the day? It’s quite the opposite you are more vulnerable at any time when theres not a lot of people around!
At 0700 anyone should feel safe enough to be able to walk to the station to go to work, but I really hope the Council feel proud of themselves by changing the layout of Chalkwell station to prevent people from dropping off/collecting hard workers from the station after their daily commute and therefore leaving us vulnerable to the unemployed. Clap clap.... I really hope the woman is ok - just wish I was there to have helped.
termite1944
says...
7:48pm Tue 31 Jan 12
Supermarket carrier bags are free!
Nobody would think of robbing someone with a tatty old handbag, they look out for this silly priced tat knowing the contend are going to be worth having!
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