An 86-year-old woman is expected to spend "a number of days"
in hospital after being mugged in Christchurch's Barrington
Mall last night.
The pensioner was about to get into her car after buying milk
when a man grabbed her handbag from behind, said Detective
Sergeant Ross Tarawhiti.
She tried to hang on to the bag but was thrown to the ground
by the force of the man ripping it away from her.
The man then jumped the mall's boundary fence and ran across
the Barrington Park and into an alleyway leading into Sugden
St.
Witnesses in a nearby car chased the man but lost him as he
left the park.
The woman suffered cuts to her head, a fractured pelvis, and
numerous bruises.
Mr Tarawhiti said she was "very traumatised" and expected to
be in hospital for a number of days.
The attacker was described as Maori, aged 20-30, very slim,
about 1.88m tall, with long black or brown shoulder-length
hair.
He was wearing a grey sweatshirt, blue pants -- possibly
jeans -- and white trainers.
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