A CCTV image has been released of two women police want to speak to in connection with the theft of a purse in WH Smiths at Castle Quay shopping centre in Banbury.

Between about 1.30pm and 2pm on Thursday, January 21 the victim was shopping in the store when two offenders stole her purse from inside her handbag.

PC Paul Devlin, from Banbury police station, said: "We are keen to talk to the two women in the CCTV images as we believe they may have information which could help us with this investigation.

"We are also appealing to anyone who may remember having seen any suspicious behaviour while shopping in the centre that day to please get in contact via the Thames Valley Police Enquiry Centre on 101.”