A 44-YEAR-OLD woman has appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged with “purse dipping” involving two women who had just made large cash withdrawals from the bank.

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Romanian Stoiana Dumitru, 44, of Ross Avenue, Moss Side, Manchester, pleaded not guilty to stealing £2,500 from Salim Patel on May 27 and £1,500 from Peta Pritchard on June 6.