$600 snatched from Masterton woman, 91
A 91-year-old woman has been left traumatised after being robbed of $600 outside council offices in Masterton. Police have called the crime "disgusting" and said the thief and getaway driver might have seen the elderly woman, who was on a motorised scooter, withdrawing cash from the bank to pay her rates. The woman, who has lived in...
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