January 18, 2018 10.27 am This story is over 74 months old

Woman, 83, burgled by man pretending to be police officer in Hibaldstow

Police are appealing for information.

An 83-year-old woman has allegedly been burgled by a man pretending to be a police officer to gain access to her property.

The suspect knocked on the door at the woman’s home on Meadow Court, Hibaldstow at around 8pm on January 17.

He claimed that someone had been trying to break into her house through a bedroom window.

The man asked her to write down a list of her valuables while he went into her bedroom and stole money, a ring, and an ornament.

Anyone with information on who this man is should call Humberside Police on 101, quoting log 422 of January 17.