POLICE are appealing for help from the public after a man tried to snatch a handbag from a woman.
The incident happened at around 5.45pm in Atherton on Thursday, December 14, when a 54-year-old woman was walking along Fletcher Avenue and then a path that runs parallel to the railway line.
As she walked passed Hatton Avenue she was pushed in the back and a man grabbed her handbag.
During the struggle the woman fell into a fence and the offender lost his grip on the bag and rode off on a mountain bike towards Spa Road.
A police spokesman said: "The woman was left extremely shaken by the incident suffering from shock and nausea."
The man is described as 5ft 4in to 5ft 6in tall of a slim to medium build. He was wearing a dark coloured peaked hat and dark coloured jacket with white stripes down the arms.
Anyone with any information can call the Strategic Crime Unit in Wigan on 0161 856 7255 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111
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