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Warning over bogus caller

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Detectives in West Lothian are appealing for witnesses and warning the public to be on their guard after a bogus caller targeted a pensioner.Around 11.45am on Sunday (September 11), a 73-year-old woman was in her home in Glenside Gardens, Armadale, when she answered her door to two men who offered to check the gutters on the building.They walked around her property and carried out some work.

After they had left, the woman discovered a quantity of jewellery had been stolen from her home.The first suspect is described as white, around 40 years of age and of slim build with dark-coloured hair.

He also had a short beard.The second suspect is described as around 25 years of age with short, dark-coloured hair.He was wearing a hi-visibility vest, a light-coloured hooded top and dark-coloured trousers.They both made off in an old-style Ford Transit tipper van.

It was described as damaged and dirty.Detective Constable Laura Hanlon said: “To prey on the most vulnerable members of our community within their own home and make them feel unsafe it completely despicable.“There may be other people in the area who saw these two men, or who has been approached by them.

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