Teenager mugs OAP

A PENSIONER had her handbag snatched by a teenage mugger shortly after she got off a bus.

The 70-year-old woman had got off a number 33 bus at Hailesland Road in Wester Hailes, and was close to the entrance of Murrayburn Park when the suspect approached from behind and grabbed her bag at 5.45pm on Wednesday.

The suspect is described as white, around 16-years-old, 5ft 6ins tall, with medium length brown or dark hair, and wearing a long white jumper with blue/green thick horizontal stripes.

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