Nottingham Post published Boy, 10, snatches purse from gran, 91

A 91-year-old grandmother says she isafraid to leave her house after she was robbed of her purse – by a child believed to be about 10 years old. Honor Avis was walking along Mona Road, in Lady Bay, when she was approached by the boy. He asked her if she could spare any money for his bus fare home. But when she took out her purse, he snatched it from her hand. The widow, who uses a three-wheeled walking frame, was left shaken but unhurt by the ordeal. She said: "I heard a...