{"id":326740,"date":"2025-08-08T02:24:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T02:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/326740\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T02:24:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T02:24:13","slug":"birmingham-pensioner-90-injured-in-robbery-after-man-pretended-to-be-gardener-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/326740\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham pensioner, 90, injured in robbery after man ‘pretended to be gardener’"},"content":{"rendered":"

West Midlands Police urgently appealing to the public after the incident in Kitts Green on July 21West Midlands Police have released a CCTV appeal after a Birmingham pensioner was left injured in a robbery. Pictured: CCTV image issued after the incident in Kitts Green on July 21(Image: West Midlands Police)<\/p>\n

West Midlands Police have released a CCTV appeal after a Birmingham pensioner was left injured in a robbery.<\/p>\n

The robbery, which unfolded in Kitts Green, occurred after a man was allowed into a woman’s home allegedly “pretending to be a gardener” said the force.<\/p>\n

Officers said the woman’s arm was injured in the incident.<\/p>\n

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West Midlands Police<\/a> said they are in contact with the injured woman as a “thorough investigation” gets underway.<\/p>\n

The incident happened just before midday on July 21, and police have urged members of the public to get in touch with any information that may help officers.<\/p>\n

A CCTV image has been issued of a man in a dark top, jeans and carrying what appears to be a yellow shopping bag.<\/p>\n

West Midlands Police have released a CCTV appeal after a Birmingham pensioner was left injured in a robbery. Pictured: CCTV image issued after the incident in Kitts Green on July 21(Image: West Midlands Police)<\/p>\n

A West Midlands Police spokesperson said on August 7: “Recognise this man? We\u2019d like to speak to him after a woman, aged 90, was hurt in a robbery in Birmingham<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“It happened in the Kitts Green area just before midday on Monday 21 July.<\/p>\n

“A man was allowed into the woman\u2019s home after pretending to be her gardener.<\/p>\n

“Once inside, the house was searched and the woman\u2019s handbag and some paperwork were stolen.<\/p>\n

“Sadly, the woman suffered an injury to her arm as the man left the house.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019re in contact with the woman and her family, and we\u2019re carrying out a thorough investigation including a review of CCTV around the area.<\/p>\n

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“As part of our enquiries, we\u2019d like to speak to the man shown here.<\/p>\n

“If you recognise him, or have any information which could help our investigation, please call us on 101 quoting crime reference number 20\/317343\/25.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"West Midlands Police urgently appealing to the public after the incident in Kitts Green on July 21West Midlands…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326741,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,94104,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-326740","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-kitts-green","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114990774021393660","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}