Robbery, Mount Ommaney

Detectives are investigating following a robbery yesterday afternoon in Mount Ommaney.

At about 5.15pm a man approached a woman who was sitting in her car in a shopping centre car park on Dandenong Road. He engaged the woman in conversation before attempting to grab the woman’s handbag. A brief struggle followed during which the woman sustained an injury to her arm.

The man then made off with the woman’s handbag which contained a sum of cash.

The woman was treated at the scene for bruising to her arm and shoulder.

The man is described as being in his early 20s, approximately 165cm tall, of slim build with short black hair and is believed to have been wearing a short sleeve, dark coloured shirt.

Investigations are continuing.

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