Tag: robbery

Student tells of “nightmare” mugging by female attacker

Deadline News Journalist - February 1, 2010

By Rory Reynolds A STUDENT has told of her mugging “nightmare” after a spate of robberies in Edinburgh. Edinburgh University student Alison Hastings, 20, was entering...

Man assaulted and robbed by boozed-up thugs

Deadline News Journalist - January 12, 2010

By Rory Reynolds POLICE are hunting two boozed-up yobs after a 52-year-old man was assaulted and robbed in a “frightening ordeal”. The men rushed at the...

Vile thief steals from tills of charity shop

Deadline News Journalist - November 27, 2009

By Oliver Farrimond POLICE are searching for a heartless thief who robbed a charity shop. The thief, described as having “thin, pale face”, fled after putting...

Mobility scooters driven like dodgems and destroyed

Deadline News Journalist - October 19, 2009

By Rory Reynolds FOUR elderly couples say they have been stranded in their homes after their mobility scooters were taken and driven “like dodgems” –...

Young iPod user attacked by heroin addict

Deadline News Journalist - September 15, 2009

By Michael MacLeod A HEROIN addict who attacked a boy on a bus for his mobile phone has been jailed for a year. Darren Rankin,24, picked...

Prostitutes in fake hostage heist steal £11,000 from post office

Deadline News Journalist - August 31, 2009

By Michael MacLeod A MAN looking after his ill brother’s Post Office was subjected to a “terrifying ordeal” when two prostitutes burst in and robbed...

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