Bag Theft Blog

Handbag theft from cars 4 x more likely than a street snatch, shoppers say handbag theft a ‘massive’ problem, theft of a handbag- and £150- from a pensioner, woman hunted over bag theft from collapse victim, and 15 movie theater bag thefts.

Zara Phillips’ handbag stolen, and a bag containing personal items was stolen from the boot of a car in the car park.

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A handbag was stolen in a burglary, five people arrested after a bag theft in Cork and a brazen carpark theft appalls pregnant woman.

An 81-year-old woman has died after she was hurt in a mugging, women out for night targeted by purse thief, man arrested after ‘stealing’ handbag, and a shopper’s handbag was stolen.

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Kylie Minogue offers reward after bag theft, a handbag site announces they will carry “Handbag Hooks“, and will your bag be stolen?

A man charged with bag theft at casino, and a shopper was injured when her purse was stolen.

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More thefts for you.

Shop employee held to ransom for return of stolen handbag, heroin addict given three year sentence for handbag snatching and a handbag stolen from a pensioners walking frame.

A woman’s daughter had her purse stolen, a woman has robbed hundreds of people – many of them new mothers in maternity wards – in Sydney, and French students attacked in Hereford city centre.

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More for you as usual.

Handbag thieves targeted elderly, two men appeared in court over bag-snatch death and a bag-snatch victim‘s son undergoing counselling.

£1,000 engagement ring and passport are stolen and a neighbourhood watch co-ordinator has warned people not to carry large amounts of money with them after the latest spate of bag-snatches.

A woman’s bag stolen in B&Q car-park and another handbag was stolen from Chinese restaurant.

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The usual updates.

Bag thefts causing a big stir at Starbucks, a pensioner had her purse stolen while walking home from a game of bingo. A man who stole a handbag from a parked car in Upton-upon-Severn and forged cheques has appeared before Worcester magistrates, and another man reached into a car on Tuesday at about 4.15pm and took a handbag .

£650 was stolen in a bag theft, a thief who helped himself to the contents of a woman’s handbag has been given a 12 month supervision order, and a woman is devastated after a handbag with thousands of dollars worth of jewellery inside was snatched from her hands.

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We’ve been sent a couple of links to new bag products that hopefully make your belongings safer.

The first is www.bagsafe.com who have a new Anti-Snatch product available to buy over the internet. At £8.99 it looks quite a good deal.

Secondly there is a “theft-proof” bad, available from Pacsafe. The entire bag could still be stolen but it’s slash proof and has snatch protection!

If you have used any of these products, please let us know.

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Green Options, a great green site, have written an interesting guide on creating your own “Stylish and Functional Reusable Bag”.

Check it out here.

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Apparently the average woman will own 111 handbags in her lifetime, spending an average of £8,500. At any one time, the typical 30-year-old owns 21 bags and buys a new one every three months. Is that you?!

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Britain’s most prolific handbag thief, who targeted wealthy women in and around London’s West End, has been jailed for four years.

Maurice Young, 55, used a coat across his arm to conceal his fastmoving hand as he swiped purses and handbags from bars and cafés.

Young, who used 32 different aliases, stole hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of property over 35 years – and even learned how to snatch bags with his feet. Continue reading at source.

Source: Daily Mail

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