10:04am Monday 16th August 2010
By Oliver Evans
A HUSBAND hit a mugger over the head with his umbrella after he tried to snatch his wife’s bag in Forty Green, Beaconsfield.
Police said: “A woman was walking Knottocks Drive with her husband early on Sunday morning.
“At around 12.55am, she felt someone pull her bag from behind, however, she held on to it and her husband hit the suspect over the head with his umbrella, causing him to run off towards Penn Road without taking anything.”
The suspect is described as white, of medium to athletic build and aged 17 to 25. He was wearing dark trousers and a grey hooded top with the hood pulled up over his face.
Contact PC Mark McCafferty at Amersham police station on 0845 8 505 505 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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