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A MAN who broke into a betting shop and stole a charity collection tin has avoided being sent to jail.

Dean Kermode THIS is the face of the thief who was chased down by a Good samaritan after stealing cash from an elderly man at an ATM. The theft which took place outside Asda on Kirkland Street, St Helens last week on Tuesday night, January 26. It was reported that at around 9pm a man in his 80s was withdrawing cash from the cash machine outside Asda when a man approached him and took the money from the machine, before making off on foot. A member of the public then pursued the offender and managed to return some of the money to the victim.

The theft took place outside Asda last week POLICE have praised a Good Samaritan who chased after a thief who had stolen a pensioner's money at an ATM and returned some of it to him. The Star reported on the theft which took place outside Asda on Kirkland Street, St Helens last week on Tuesday night, January 26. It was reported that at around 9pm a man in his 80s was withdrawing cash from the cash machine outside Asda when a man approached him and took the money from the machine, before making off on foot. A member of the public then pursued the offender and managed to return some of ...