Following an appeal for witnesses in relation to a robbery that occurred in Tennyson Road in Bury St Edmunds on Thursday 27^th June 2019, a  35-year-old male has been arrested.

 

The victim who is in her eighties was assaulted and her handbag stolen after having visited the Post Office on Lake Avenue. She fell during the incident and was left shaken with cuts and bruises.

 

Detectives are continuing to encourage anyone with information about this incident to contact West CID at Bury St Edmunds Police Station on 101 quoting reference CAD 144 of 27th June or by providing an online update via the constabulary website: www.suffolk.police.uk/contact-us/existing-report-update