Droitwich jewellery theft - 'vile' women pose as nurses to steal

South Worcestershire Proactive CID detectives are investigating 'a despicable crime' against an elderly woman aged 94 in St Nicholas Street, Droitwich.

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The offence took place at around lunchtime yesterday (Tuesday) and has also been widely shared by the victim's family on Spotted Droitwich, a page which provides information to the community, in the hope the culprits can be found.

Two females attended the address pretending to be nurses and stole numerous items including jewellery, West Mercia Police has confirmed.

A family member wrote on Spotted Droitwich: "My 94 year old Gran, Margaret Price, has been tricked into letting two women in the house who claimed to be nurses.

"My Gran is receiving palliative care at home and is almost blind so she wouldn't assume they weren't nurses.

"The vile women came when my parents had gone shopping for groceries. One stayed with her chatting whilst the other has stolen irreplaceable items of jewellery and niknaks, including things belonging to my late Grandad.

"Please make sure your vulnerable friends and relatives are aware. They have ransacked upstairs. So, please if you have any dashcam or footage from the area to St Nicholas Street around that time please contact police on 101 or myself. The women may have walked up from the train station direction along Stalls Farm Road or along Albert Street. Any help hugely appreciated."

ACTION: DI Dave Knight says no stone will be left unturned in the investigation

DI Dave Knight said: "This is a fast-paced investigation and my aim is to identify and arrest these individuals at the earliest possible opportunity.

"I thank family members of the victim who have asked for information from the Community through the Facebook site Spotted Droitwich. We have already had calls from the public in response to the Facebook post with vital information.

"Please trust me when I say that we will leave no stone unturned in our efforts to bring these offenders to justice. At this stage we do not believe that the offenders live locally."

DI Knight has also issued advice to people about checking the identity of anyone coming into an address and to put in place a plan with elderly loved ones, such as planning for them to call family or friends if they are unsure whether to let someone in.

Anyone with any further information on this crime should call 101 quoting incident reference 330 I 04102022.

Anyone that sees any suspicious activity taking place should call 999.

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