Police have renewed their appeal for information on a teenage thug who pushed a mum to the ground and roared at her before stealing her handbag.

The robbery happened in a busy Hadleigh street, so police believe there must have been witnesses.

The unnamed Hadleigh woman was pushing her young child along the High Street when a youth pushed her to the floor, kicked out at a concrete bollard, roared like a lion and ran off with her bag which contained £200.

Both mother and child were unhurt.

Crime reduction officer Jason Sculthorpe said: "Someone must have seen what happened that day, these people need to call us."

Anyone who remembers what happened at around 1pm on March 3, should call police on 01268 756221.

The thief was white, aged between 16 and 17, with short hair.

He wore a baseball cap, light-coloured jogging bottoms, trainers and a big woolly duffel-type coat with a hood.

Published Friday, April 11, 2003

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