DOORSTEP GANG ALERT

Craig Nisbet • Published 25 Jun 2009 12:00

Claims OAP was 'marched to cash machine'

THE police are calling on the public to step up the protection of elderly and vulnerable people after an 85-year-old woman was allegedly targeted by fraudsters.

The disturbing incident, during which police say the old lady was taken to a bank to get money from her account, comes at a time when local cops are themselves clamping down harder than ever before on bogus workmen and unscrupulous traders.

Two men went to the woman"s door in Beith on Wednesday morning and informed her that her roof needed repaired, officers claimed.

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