A pensioner has been left injured and 'very shaken' after becoming the victim of a robbery as she walked alone in a Gateshead park.
At about 9.45pm on Friday, March 18, a woman in her 70s was walking alone in Dunston Park. She was approached by a man who she did not know who attempted to grab her handbag.
He then made off from the scene with her bag, which contained cash, bank cards and her mobile phone. The victim sustained an injury to her hand and was left very shaken as a result of the incident.
