Old lady is robbed – level 1

11-02-2015 07:00

This news is about an old lady. She is 71 years old. She is in a wheelchair. She goes shopping with her carer.

Her carer leaves her for a moment. A woman sees this. She gets behind the old lady. She searches through her bag and takes around £100.

The criminal than leaves the shop. A security camera films the situation. Police look for this criminal.

Difficult words: wheelchair (a chair which can move), carer (a person who helps somebody), search through (to look inside to find something).

You can read the original story and watch the video in the Level 3 section.

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