A VULNERABLE, wheelchair-bound woman was targeted by a sneak thief who stole her purse from her handbag.

The 49-year old woman was shopping in Marks and Spencer in Church Street, St Helens, on Saturday, May 3 between 3.20 and 4.15pm when the thief struck, pulling the purse, which contained £95 in cash, from her bag which was perched over the handles of her wheelchair.

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