covid nurse while stealing cash from an OAP. The fraudster targeted the 85-year-old victim at her home in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire on Saturday morning.
The woman claimed to be a district nurse from a local GP surgery who was sent to carry out a Covid-19 test. She allegedly took a swab from the pensioner's nose and mouth with a cotton bud before asking for a urine sample after the pensioner told her of a bladder issue.Having gone to the bathroom, the OAP came downstairs to discover £90 was allegedly missing from her purse - she then contacted police.Police, along with South Lanarkshire Council, launched an appeal to trace the thief.A woman has been arrested and charged in connection with alleged fraud, related to this offence.The.