Teens rescue elderly bag-snatch victim
Published: September 29, 2005
Victoria Police has praised two Melbourne youths who went to the rescue of an elderly bag-snatch victim, a charity worker in her 80s.
Police said the 83-year-old Dandenong woman, a volunteer at a charity clothing store, needs a walking stick to get around.
About 4.15 pm yesterday she was approached from behind by a man as she walked home in Boyd Street, Dandenong.
Police said the man grabbed the woman’s handbag and she fell to the ground, cutting her head.
Two boys, aged 15 and 16, who lived nearby, heard the attack and went to the woman’s aid, police said.
They chased the robber along Boyd Street and managed to retrieve the handbag but the attacker escaped.
The woman was taken to Dandenong Hospital with minor injuries.
Police later charged a 24-year-old Dandenong man with robbery and recklessly causing injury.
He has been bailed to appear in the Dandenong Magistrates Court on October 28
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