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Northumbria Police A COMMUNITY hero has been praised by police after helping to recover a purse snatched in a robbery outside a care home. At about 8pm on Wednesday, May 5, police received a report that a 37-year-old care home worker had been confronted by a man outside the property in the Walker area of Newcastle. The stranger threatened her with a smashed bottle, grabbed her purse and then fled from the area on foot. However, a Good Samaritan who was in the area at the time made off in pursuit of the suspect before catching up and forcing him to return the property to him.
Good Samaritan praised by police for helping to recover purse snatched from care home worker
A 25-year-old suspect will appear at Newcastle Crown Court next month
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Police have praised a Good Samaritan for helping to recover a purse that was snatched off a care home worker in Newcastle.
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Hexham Courant. A YOUNG female motorist has been banned from the roads after admitting drink driving. At South East Northumberland Magistrates’ Court on Monday, Charlotte Olivia Huntsman (22), of Tyneview Close, Haydon Bridge, pleaded guilty to driving with excessive alcohol. On February 6 this year, Huntsman was driving on the A69 at Corbridge with 57 microgrammes of alcohol in 100ml of breath. The legal limit is 35mg. She also admitted driving without a relevant licence and driving without insurance. Huntsman was banned from driving for 16 months and fined £161 for drink driving. She was also ordered to pay court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £34.