'Delivery man' robs woman in her York home
An elderly woman who answered her door to a man making an apparent delivery was robbed in her own home.
North Yorkshire Police said the 88-year-old answered her door on Askham Lane in the Acomb area of York on Thursday.
A man claiming to deliver a parcel forced his way into her house and demanded cash.
Officers said the man was white, in his 40s and wore a woollen hat with ear flaps and bobbles.
Detectives in North Yorkshire want to hear from anyone else who was confronted on their doorstep by a man matching this description.
Det Sgt Mandy Grundy said: "The victim has been left extremely traumatised by this incident and I am urging the public to help us locate the man responsible as soon as possible."