TWO women stole the wallet from the back pocket of a man they were chatting to in Lancaster bus station this week.

The two females, aged around 30, engaged the 24-year-old man in conversation and one removed his wallet from his back pocket. When challenged they both ran off.

The wallet contained a substantial amount of cash plus personal items. One of the women, who spoke with a Liverpudlian accent, was white, 5ft 4ins tall, with shoulder-length brown hair, who was wearing a grey tracksuit and trainers. The other was white, 5ft 9ins tall, wearing jeans and was possibly called Maureen.

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