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Thieves carry out 'despicable' crime on 95-year-old couple who had just returned home from shopping in lockdown

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A pair of "blatant despicable thieves" conned an elderly couple before stealing hundreds of pounds and a sentimental watch, police say.

The suspects targeted two people, both aged 95, who were returning from a shopping trip to their home in Hanover Street, Leigh, at around 2.30pm on Saturday afternoon.

A man approached the house and claimed to be a council employee who needed to look into problems with the property. After around half an hour the person left the address and headed away in an unknown direction.

But, a short time later, the elderly victims discover that £600 has been taken from their upstairs bedroom and a sentimental gold Omega watch with a broken strap was also gone.

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