Crime Reporting Sheet

Formal Summary

Witness Statement(s)

Ref. no.
Crime ref. code Date
Victim
Place of Crime
1687467/1 Robbery/Deception
24/8/17
Mrs. Winifred Walker
11 Acacia Avenue, Kingston
At 14.10, two subjects called at the given address. They tricked their way onto the premises by assuming the role of council workers. One then proceeded upstairs, where a sum of money exceeding £250 was taken from the victim's bedroom.
Mrs. Winifred Jones (Address above)
The two women called at my door at ten past two. I opened the door on the chain, and asked what they wanted. The one nearest the door said that she was from the social services, and did I know that I might be entitled to an extra heating payment this winter?
I asked her again what she wanted, and she said that she would like to have a look around the house to see what sort of heating I had, so I opened the door fully, and let both of them in.
Both of them came into the sitting room, and the one I had been talking to outside asked me some questions about the heating, and wrote down the answers on a clipboard that she was holding. The other started looking around the room, examining the radiators closely, but I didn't pay much attention as I was answering the questions of the other. I did ask her her name, and she said that she was Mrs. Jones.
The one with the clipboard was middle aged, very well spoken. She sounded just like my social worker. She was quite attractive, I suppose, short dark hair, quite shapely, not overweight or anything like that. She was wearing a skirt and blouse, and had a large handbag looped over her shoulder, and the clipboard of course. I didn't really get a look at the other one, except that she was younger, and not so neat.
After a minute or two I suddenly noticed that the younger one wasn't in the room any more. I got up to go after her, but Mrs. Jones told me that she had gone to look at the other radiators. I could hear her footsteps upstairs. I was worried, because that's where I keep a lot of money, but Mrs. Jones seemed so kind that I didn't go to check.
When she finished her questions, Mrs. Jones asked me about my children and grandchildren until the other came downstairs. Then they said goodbye, and that I'd be hearing from the department. I let them both out. They got into a car and drove off. I didn't see what sort of car it was.
It wasn't until the evening that I found out that they had stolen the money. I called the police right away, and they came round later that evening.