A thief stole an elderly woman's handbag from inside a shopping bag without her noticing.

The woman, who is in her 80s, was in M&S food hall, in High Street, Rickmansworth, on Thursday January 11 at around 1pm when her bag was taken.

She had placed her Mulberry handbag on the back of her shopping trolley inside a bag, before realising at the checkouts that it had been stolen.

The handbag is tan in colour and contained a Radley sky blue coloured purse.

Police are appealing for anyone with any information on the theft to get in touch.

Contact PC Daniel Cunningham via 101, quoting crime reference C2/18/119 or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800555111.