Police have described the theft of a handbag from a woman suffering from Parkinson's disease as "despicable."

The 70-year-old victim, who uses a walking frame, had gone to Patricia's Florists in New Street, Horsham, to buy some ribbon.

A man ran off with her bag containing money, bank cards and her pension book.

Police said the thief was in his 30s, 6ft tall with light-coloured collar length hair and wore a blue sweater.