Dudley man chases thief twice to recover stolen items
Mr Westwood, who had just pulled up to pick up his wife, explained how he ended up in the situation."I'd stepped out the car and I just heard a bit of a commotion, somebody shouting 'he's got my bag'."Well I thought somebody had nicked her shopping, so I chased him and just caught him around the corner and he had... a mobile phone. "So I returned it to the lady and then she says 'he's got my money'." Then, Mr Westwood "had to chase him again"."I shouted at him a little bit for stealing the money and that and then he kind of chucked it all up in the air, so it went everywhere, so he could run off. "I quickly gathered the money up [and] got it back to the lady."Police said a witness chased the man and managed to retrieve the woman's purse, but some money was missing.The force stated it was investigating, following the incident between 17:45 and 18:10 BST on 16 July, and anyone with information should get in touch.
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