Police issue e-fits of suspects
PICTURES have been issued of two bogus callers who stole cash from a pensioner while pretending to be workmen.A man knocked on the door of a 76-year-old man's property in Cavan Road, Ipswich, claiming he was from a drainage company, working on behalf of the council.
PICTURES have been issued of two bogus callers who stole cash from a pensioner while pretending to be workmen.
A man knocked on the door of a 76-year-old man's property in Cavan Road, Ipswich, claiming he was from a drainage company, working on behalf of the council.
The bogus caller said he was investigating a drainage problem at his neighbour's house and needed to check his drainage system as well.
The workman checked a manhole in the elderly man's back garden and when they returned to the house, a second man was sitting in the living room.
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One of the men distracted the pensioner by taking him upstairs and after returning downstairs both men then left.
The pensioner later discovered a quantity of cash had been stolen from his house.
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The incident happened at about 5.10pm on Monday December 2.
The first man is described as white, about 5ft 11ins, of stocky build with dark brown curly hair. He wore a black duffel coat and dark trousers.
The second man is white, approximately 5ft 5ins, about 30-years-old and of stocky build. He had short-cropped dark brown hair and also wore a duffel coat and dark trousers.
Anyone with information relating to this incident should call Dc Lloyd Stewart at Ipswich CID on 01473 383092 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
