A teenager and a boy have been charged after a woman was allegedly assaulted during a bag snatch in Wollongong, NSW Police say.
Just after 2pm yesterday (Wednesday 4 July 2018), a 69-year-old woman and her husband were walking along Keira Street, Wollongong, when two males allegedly approached her from behind and grabbed her bag.
The woman attempted to hold onto her bag and was allegedly pulled to the ground by one of the males, before they fled the scene.
NSW Ambulance paramedics treated the woman before she was taken to Wollongong Hospital, where she will undergo surgery for a fractured jaw and both wrists.
A short time later, officers from Wollongong Police District, with assistance from the Dog Unit arrested two males, aged 12 and 16, and took them to Wollongong Police Station.
The pair were charged with aggravated robbery with wounding/GBH.
Both were refused bail and are due to appear at a Children’s Court today (Thursday 5 July 2018).
