10:10AM, Monday 13 February 2012
A 40-year-old man has been arrested after a series of robberies which took place in Ascot, Datchet and Windsor yesterday morning.
He remains in police custody.
The robberies took place in a matter of hours.
A 71-year-old man was walking along Lyndhurst Road in Ascot when a man tried to get him to hand over his wallet.
Then in Albert Road, Old Windsor, a 17-year-old girl had her handbag snatched.
A 15-year-old girl had her handbag stolen in Slough Road, Datchet, and a woman had her handbag stolen in Green Lane, Windsor.
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