Police have today named a suspect after an elderly woman was robbed in the street.
At around 12.30pm on Tuesday, June 13, police received a report that a man with a knife threatened staff at McColl's on County Road in Walton, before running away with two bottles of alcohol. A short time later, a woman in her 80s was followed by a man as she walked along Walton Road.
The victim, in her 80s, was grabbed and after a struggle, a gold cross and chain was stolen from around her neck. She suffered minor injuries in the robbery, police said.
