August 21, 2017 1.57 pm This story is over 90 months old

Woman has handbag stolen after being knocked to ground outside Skegness Jobcentre

Police are searching for the offender.
The JobCentre on Wainfleet Road, Skegness. Photo: Google Street View

Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a woman was knocked to the ground and had her handbag stolen in Skegness.

The incident happened at around 5.30pm on Sunday, August 20 outside the Jobcentre on Wainfleet Road.

A woman was knocked to the ground and her handbag was taken from her shoulder.

A member of the public gave chase and managed to retrieve the bag and gave it back to the woman.

The offender is described as a white male, with a scruffy appearance, missing front teeth and wearing a dark baseball cap and a dark Adidas hooded top.

Anyone with any information should call 101 quoting incident number 388 of August 20.