A woman in her 50s nearly had her handbag stolen in an attempted robbery.

At around 11.55am on Thursday, July 11, two men tried to snatch the bag out of the victim’s hands on Wolverton Road, Stoney Stratford, near the Domino’s Pizza takeaway.

The woman yanked her bag back and the men ran off.

Both perpetrators have been described as around 5ft 6ins tall, under the age of 20, wearing light grey tracksuit bottoms and grey hoodies.

Investigating officer Detective Sergeant Thomas Booth, based at Milton Keynes police station, said: “We are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed this attempted robbery, or anyone with information about what happened, to please come forward.

“We are also asking anyone who may have dash-cam or CCTV footage that could assist our enquiry to please upload it our online portal or if you have information please call 101, quoting reference 43240328892.

“Or if you do not wish to speak to police then you can contact Crimestoppers 100% anonymously on 0800 555 111.”