Three charged over bag stealing

Three people have appeared in the Hobart Magistrates Court in relation to an alleged bag snatching at the Shoreline Shopping Centre.

At 1.20pm Sunday, 10 April 2011, police were informed that that 3 people had snatched a bag from a woman inside the Shoreline Shopping Centre.

Several uniform and CIB units were tasked with attending the scene, and subsequently apprehended three (3) suspects (2 males and 1 female) within close proximity to Shoreline. 

The victim was a female aged 51 years from Lauderdale. She received minor injuries and was taken to the Royal Hobart Hospital.

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