Boy, 16, arrested over alleged violent mugging of elderly couple, in Wath, Rotherham
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested after an elderly couple were reported as being violently mugged in a South Yorkshire street.
South Yorkshire Police were called out to the incident on Sunday, after reports that the couple had been pushed to the floor and robbed.
South Yorkshire Police’s Rotherham North neighbourhood policing team confirmed this evening that they had made an arrest.
They said they were called to Saville Road, in Wath, on Sunday February 1, following reports of an assault on an elderly woman and man.
It was alleged that a stranger had caused injury to the man and woman, pushing them to the floor before robbing the woman of her phone and purse.
They said in a statement: “Officers quickly attended and arrested a 16-year-old boy in connection to the incident. He has since been released on police bail while a case is sent to the CPS.”
“Violence and abhorrent acts of this kind have no place in our communities and will not be tolerated.
“An elderly couple has been physically and mentally affected by this incident, and we will do all we can to ensure justice is served.”