About noon today, bag snatch near corner of Tatnell Rd and Grierson Rd. Guy fled down gardens between Tatnell and Parbury and exited through house (open back door) into Parbury and off towards Stondon Park.

He dropped the bag and other stuff in gardens on his way so everything recovered and, according to Police, the victim was uninjured.

Very fast response from Police including sniffer dogs and plain-clothes street crime unit. They haven't caught him yet.

They said it was very unusual in the Crofton Park ward and probably just opportunistic. No sign of a trend.

This guy must be fit - jumped several 6 foot or higher fences at a sprint.

I didn't see him myself so can't share a decription.

Seems a shame to say beware leaving your back-door open but I guess it might not do any harm to be extra vigilent for a few days.