A conman stole £200 from a 92-year-old Eastbourne woman's bedroom after calling at her home claiming her roof tiles needed mending.
The frail woman allowed the man into her home in Hazelwood Avenue and paid him £20 after he said he had carried out the work.
She later found three purses and a wallet containing £200 in cash had been taken from her bedroom.
Details of the theft, which happened on Saturday afternoon, have just been released.
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