An online appeal launched to help a 79-year-old woman whose arm was broken by a mugger has raised almost triple its target within 24 hours.

Fundraiser for injured mugging victim reaches nearly triple its target

A 72-year-old woman suffered a fractured shoulder after being mugged for her handbag in broad daylight Birmingham.

Mugger 'flung' 72-year-old 'to the ground' for her handbag in broad daylight

Zofija Kaczan, who survived a Nazi camp during the Second World War, suffered multiple injuries, including a fractured neck and cheekbone.

A 74-year-old woman needed hospital treatment after a man squirted an unknown liquid in her face then stole her handbag.

Betty Jeffery contracted polio as a child and now gets around in a mobility scooter. But that didn't stop her seeing off a mugger

A drug addict has been jailed after a court heard how he mugged a girl in West Yorkshire so he could steal 3.50 pounds.