POLICE are hunting a bogus water company worker who conned his way into a widow's house and stole her purse.
The 74-year-old was duped into letting the man into her home in Thorntree Road, Thornaby, Teesside, at about 2.30pm on Monday.
She answered a knock at her front door from a man claiming to be from a water company, who told her a nearby burst pipe was sending water towards her house.
Once inside the house, the man, who had two male accomplices with him, asked her to turn on a tap in her bathroom.
The trio then searched her house and stole her purse and contents.
She described the first man as aged between 20 and 25, about 5ft 6in, with a stocky build, and wearing a beige T-shirt and blue jeans.
Anyone with information on the raid is asked to call Det Con Dave Clough, at Stockton police, on (01642) 302279.
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