9:02AM Clem Bastow | Well, it seems you learn something every day.
Here I was thinking all that happened at Chadstone Shopping Centre (aka “The Fashion Capital”) was amazing bargains and, occasionally, Trinny and Susannah accosting suburban mums to tell them their shiny shell suit could perhaps do with a style update – when it seems that, in fact, the place is a hotbed of CRIME!!
At least, that’s what you might think after hearing Patti Newton’s impassioned pleas for the return of her handbag,
nicked by a bag thief while she was shopping at Chaddie.
Ms Newton told reporters today she had gone to a bank at the Chadstone Shopping centre, in the city’s southeast, on May 16 where she withdrew cash as well as taking jewellery from a cash box that belonged to her mother.
She said while she and her daughter Lauren were having coffee they noticed a man and a woman paying particular attention to them.
Police say the woman, described as Caucasian and of average build and height, aged between 35 and 50, started a commotion with staff and while attention was drawn to the row, her male companion stole Ms Newton’s bag.
“I am very angry that somebody has those things because they mean so very much to me,” Ms Newton said.
For shame, organised criminals of the outer suburbs!
Who wants to place bets on the robbers actually turning out to be Matthew Newton and Gracie Otto, making an edgy short independent film but without telling Ma Newton she’s in it, to, like, keep it gritty and “real”?
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