Fremantle Detectives have charged a 15-year-old boy in relation to an aggravated robbery that occurred in South Fremantle on Friday, December 28.
Just after 9am a 70-year-old woman was walking along Jenkins Street towards South Terrace.
The boy allegedly ran up from behind and grabbed the woman’s handbag.
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READ NOWDuring a struggle for her handbag she has fallen to the ground striking her head on the kerb.
The boy ran off and left in a red sedan.
The victim was transported by ambulance to Fiona Stanley Hospital.
She received severe bruising to the right side of her head and scratches to her hands and a broken rib.
The boy was charged with robbery with circumstances of aggravation and appeared in Perth Children’s Court December 29.
He is due to re-appear January 17, 2019 Perth Children’s Court.