A woman in her 80s has been taken to hospital after being pulled to the ground as a male tried to take her handbag in a 'terrifying' incident.
She hit her head on a metal bollard in the attempted robbery which happened at Great Victoria Street in Belfast city centre on Thursday, May 12.
PSNI Sergeant Matt Boucher said: “It was reported around 10:25pm, that minutes earlier, a woman, aged in her eighties, had been walking down the street when an unknown male ran past her and attempted to pull her handbag out of her arms.
