CALLOUS thieves are repeatedly targeting people on a quite street corner in Alcester.
The Advertiser reported on Friday that an elderly man was knocked to the floor and had £500 stolen in a daylight robbery.
The man was using the cashpoint in Bleachfield Street in Alcester when he was barged out of the way by a woman who then 'fell' against the cashpoint.
During this distraction £500 was withdrawn from the machine.
The woman then ran off down Bleachfield Street.
Police described her as Eastern European, with long brown hair, under a baseball cap.
Over the weekend another two very similar incidents occurred.
The first was on Saturday, around 8.45am.
A woman matching the above description was seen hanging around the cashpoint area of the street.
A man in a silver car was also seen nearby.
Both the vehicle and woman had left prior to police getting there.
Then again on Sunday, around 12.20pm, a woman matching the same description was spotted and a silver car was seen parked nearby.
Again, they were gone by the time police arrived.
A spokesman from the police said there had been a number of offences at the cashpoint.
Anyone with any information is being urged to call police on 101.
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