Warning issued over bogus callers

Police have issued a warning to residents after a spate of distraction burglaries in Derbyshire.

A man, who said he was from the water board, targeted a property in Stanton Road, Sandiacre, on Wednesday.

He kept the 75-year-old victim talking and she later discovered that cash was missing.

Three similar incidents happened in Stanley Common, Ilkeston and South Normanton later that day. Police are investigating whether they are linked.

An 85-year-old woman became suspicious after a man who said he wanted to check her water supply entered her home at Hill Close, Stanley Common.

Nothing was taken but the victim was treated for shock by paramedics.

Cash was taken from an 85-year-old man at his Canal Street home in Ilkeston.

Later, two men, posing as builders, stole cash from a couple at their home in The Croft, South Normanton.

Supt Kul Mahay said: “Distraction burglars prey upon elderly and vulnerable people who are trusting of strangers.

“We would appeal that anyone with information about these incidents contact police to help us catch these criminals.”

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