Officers investigating a robbery where a woman’s designer bag was snatched in Gedling Country Park are appealing to the public for information.
The victim was walking through the park when two men appeared from behind, grabbed her bag and ran off with it.
Despite the Louis Vuitton bag being forcibly yanked from her shoulder, the woman wasn’t hurt in the incident, which happened around 12.55pm on May 8.
The two men involved in the robbery at that point then ran further into the country park and out of sight.
In addition to the bag being worth a lot of money, it also contained a phone, as well as designer sunglasses and a purse – taking the total value of the items stolen up to roughly £5,000.
Police want anyone that witnessed the robbery or who has any other information to share it with them, while they’ve also released a map of the park to show the exact location where the incident took place.
PC Laura Wilkinson, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “The victim has understandably been left very upset about what happened to her.
“While she was thankfully not hurt during this incident, having her bag snatched in this manner will have no doubt shaken her up.
“A number of valuables were in the stolen bag at the time, while the bag itself was worth a lot of money, so for obvious reasons we’d like to return these to the victim.
“The country park is a popular route for walkers and joggers, so we do believe there will have been other people in the area at the time this happened.
“If this was you and you saw what happened, or you have any other information that could assist our inquiries, please share it with us so that we can take action.”
Information can be reported to the police by calling 101, quoting incident 296 of 8 May 2025, while Crimestoppers can also be contacted anonymously on 0800 555 111.”
hmm seems odd that someone would take 5ks worth of handbag and accessories for a walk around a country park??? and no injuries or anything of the sort…if it is a real robbery I feel very sorry for her, but my cynical side does think ‘insurance job’…
Also the map shows that the criminals are running out essentially out of the park onto the new road rather than “further into the park”