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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 3 Jun 1992

Vol. 420 No. 6

Written Answers. - Cork City Handbag Snatching.

Bernard Allen

Question:

75 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Justice if he will outline the number of reported handbag snatching attacks on women by both pedestrians and motorists in the Cork city area during the last 12 months and the number of arrests made in connection with these incidents.

The information which is readily available relates to larcenies with aggravation from females in Cork city, which include incidents of handbag snatching. In 1990, 60 such larcenies were recorded in Cork city of which 25 were detected. Figures for 1991 and 1992 are not yet available.

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