OAPs warned of woman burglar targeting their homes (From Daily Echo)

OAPs warned of woman burglar targeting their homes

9:10am Sunday 24th February 2013 in News

OAPs warned of woman burglar targeting their homes

WARNINGS are being sent out to elderly people in Southampton about a female burglar tricking her way into people’s homes.

The news comes after a young woman duped her way into a vulnerable 76-year-old widow’s home in Thornhill and took a purse after claiming to have lost her cat.

The trickster claimed to feel faint, and the victim invited her into her Pepys Avenue house and offered her a drink.

While the drink was being prepared, the caller took a black purse containing cash and a sentimental silver St Christopher medal which belonged to the widow’s husband from a handbag.

The purse zip has a distinctive wine glass charm.

This incident took place on Wednesday afternoon but it is believed the same woman attempted to dupe two other residents nearby, claiming to need a phone to get help for a sick relative and to have lost a dog.

Anyone with information is asked to contact PC Lee Murden at Bitterne CID on 101.