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Police appeal after cashpoint robbery

Police are searching for a man who robbed a woman by a cashpoint in Colchester.

The 67-year-old victim was near the Co-op store off Blackthorn Avenue on Thursday April 21 at around 4.30pm.

She was approached by the man as she went to use the cashpoint machine outside of the shop. He grabbed her arm and snatched her purse from her hand before running off in the direction of Blackthorn Avenue.

The man is described as white, aged around 19, 5ft 6in tall and of stocky build. He was wearing a dark grey hooded top and dark trousers.

"The victim was not physically hurt but to be confronted and robbed in this way has left her extremely shaken and upset. We urgently need to find this man and arrest him."

– Investigating officer, Detective Sergeant Lydia George