Elderly woman's bank card stolen in Dunstable supermarket car park

A woman in her 80s had her bank card stolen in a supermarket car park in Dunstable.

The victim, who is her 80s, had been getting into her car outside the Aldi store in Church Street at around 1.50pm last Tuesday (April 16), when a man banged on her car roof and started shouting at her saying she had gone over the parking time limit.

The man opened the passenger door, knelt in the car holding a device and told her that if she paid 20p, she could cancel the ticket. She went back into Aldi and staff took her to a nearby bank to find that four fraudulent transactions had been made on her card.

The police believe that the man stole the victim's bank card from her purse whilst he was in the car.

The suspect is described as a Black man, sturdy build, over 6ft, with short black hair, possibly with a side parting. He was wearing a blue surgical mask and dark clothing.

Anyone with information is asked to report to the police online quoting reference 194 of April 16.