A man and woman have faced court, charged after two alleged robbery offences in Merrylands last month.
About 5.30am on Monday, November 14, police received reports a female had allegedly stolen the handbag of a 62-year-old woman who was inside a service station.
As she attempted to hold onto her bag, she was dragged a short distance and collided with a concrete bollard, sustaining minor injuries.
The female fled the scene in a gold-coloured Mazda.
About 3.45pm on Thursday, November 24, police received reports that a 91-year-old woman who was waiting outside a bowling club on Merrylands Road, Merrylands, had her bag snatched by a man.
The woman was pushed to the ground and sustained minor injuries.
A man fled the scene in a gold-coloured Mazda.
Following inquiries, officers attached to Cumberland Police Area Command executed a search warrant at a home in Merrylands.
A 28-year-old man and a 39-year-old-woman were arrested and taken to Granville Police Station.
The man was charged with ‘robbery’ and ‘dishonestly obtain property by deception’.
The woman was charged with ‘robbery’, ‘dishonestly obtain property by deception’, ‘make/furnish a statement which is false/misleading’ and ‘dispose of property’.
They both appeared before Parramatta Local Court on Wednesday, December 14.
Ellie Busby is a news reporter for Western Sydney Publishing Group. A graduate of the University of Hertfordshire and Western Sydney University, she is a journalism Major. Ellie has worked with Universal Media, The Cova Project and for a range of other organisations. In 2024, Ellie was named Young Writer of the Year at the Mumbrella Publish Awards.