By Press Association 2021
Rings stolen from hospital
A grieving husband has been left “distressed” after an engagement ring and a wedding ring, worth a combined £13,500, were stolen from his dead wife’s hand in hospital.
Essex Police said that the woman was admitted to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow after an accidental fall at her home on March 6.
She died three days later with her husband by her side, the force said.
When he returned to the ward to collect her personal items he noticed that the rings were missing.
Police said that the rings were on the woman’s hand when she was admitted to hospital and they were never removed during any treatment.
By Press Association 2021
Rings stolen from hospital
A grieving husband has been left “distressed” after an engagement ring and a wedding ring, worth a combined £13,500, were stolen from his dead wife’s hand in hospital.
Essex Police said that the woman, aged in her 80s, was admitted to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow after an accidental fall at her home on March 6.
She died three days later with her husband by her side, the force said.
When he returned to the ward to collect her personal items he noticed that the rings were missing.
Police said that the rings were on the woman’s hand when she was admitted to hospital and they were never removed during any treatment.
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Police said that the rings were on the woman s hand when she was admitted to hospital and they were never removed during any treatment.
PC Daniel Burns, of Harlow local policing team, said: These two rings are very special to the husband as they were both engagement and wedding rings and were bought for her in America. The total combined value of both these rings was $19,000 (US), which equates to approximately £13,500.
Essex Police said that the woman, in her 80s, was admitted to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex, (pictured) after an accidental fall at her home on March 6
By Press Association 2021
Rings stolen from hospital
A grieving husband has been left “distressed” after an engagement ring and a wedding ring, worth a combined £13,500, were stolen from his dead wife’s hand in hospital.
Essex Police said that the woman, aged in her 80s, was admitted to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow after an accidental fall at her home on March 6.
She died three days later with her husband by her side, the force said.
When he returned to the ward to collect her personal items he noticed that the rings were missing.
Police said that the rings were on the woman’s hand when she was admitted to hospital and they were never removed during any treatment.
Heartless thief steals woman s wedding ring moments after she died in hospital
Essex police are hunting a vile thief who stole a woman s wedding and engagement rings – valued at £13,5000 – moments after she died aged with her husband at her side at the Princess Alexandra Hospital
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