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Tom Beattie

Pensioner, 91, has cash stolen by burglar who pretended to check leak at Newcastle home

Police have issued a CCTV appeal after a man gained access to a 91-year-old pensioner’s home and stole money from her in Newcastle.

Officers from Northumbria Police have launched an investigation after a man stole a quantity of cash from the elderly victim at a property on Queens Court in Newcastle.

It was reported that between 10.45am and 12.15pm on Thursday, March 3 a man knocked on the door of the property and told the occupant he was there to check a water leak.

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