Vulnerable Hastings woman targeted in burglary

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A vulnerable Hastings woman has been targeted in a distraction burglary - the second such incident in the town in the past two weeks.

On Wednesday (May 20), a man posed as a council worker and stole money from an elderly woman in Bristol Road, Hastings.

Police said the unknown male entered her home, posing to be from the council at around 9.30am.

He claimed that he was going to check on her cats.