AN elderly woman was assaulted and had her handbag snatched in a frightening attack.
The 75-year-old was walking to the rear of the Mecca Bingo, in High Street West, Wallsend, between 12.40pm and 12.50pm on Monday.
She was grabbed and her attacker demanded she gave him her bag.
The woman refused and he wrestled the bag from her grasp, assaulting her and pushing her to the ground.
He then ran up High Street West with the bag.
The woman suffered a minor bump to the rear of her head and was kept in hospital overnight for observation.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Wallsend CID on 0191-214 6555, extension 63376.
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