I really would like to congratulate the person who stole my friend's purse from her shopping bag on Monday, September 9 in Marks & Spencer.

You really should feel very proud of yourself. You did a brilliant job. It was only her pension - which she had drawn that day - that you took, leaving her with nothing to get by on for the week or to put money away for light, gas and so on.

You are probably young and healthy, whereas she is 80 and not in the best of health.

I would give you ten out of ten for the trauma you caused her, ten out of ten for the worry and ten out of ten for the upset.

-Mrs Judy Reid, South Road, Brighton