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'ALL FOR A FEW BEEF STEAKS'

Police release picture of shoplifter who seriously injured 81-year-old woman with basket of meat in Marks and Spencer

The victim needed arm and hip surgery after the incident

AN 81-year-old woman is in hospital after being knocked over by a shoplifter carrying a basket full of meat.

The victim needed arm and hip surgery and is in a stable condition.

 Police are looking for the man
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Police are looking for the manCredit: Avon and Somerset Police

She was knocked to the floor as the thief fled Marks & Spencer in Longwell Green, Bristol.

Police have released a CCTV image of the man.

PC Daniel Andrews said that “for a few beef steaks” the thief had put the woman in hospital.

He added that the victim was left extremely shaken by the collision on December 28.