Watch: Teen thieves snatch handbag outside Leith Walk bar

TWO young bag snatchers were foiled in their attempts to steal a purse from outside a pub in Leith after being stopped by members of the public.
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Security footage from outside the Mousetrap bar on Sunday evening shows the youngsters grab the handbag from a chair next to two women before attempting to make a quick getaway.

However, owner Vicky Weeks told the Evening News how a van driver stopped to offer the two women assistance after they found the bag dumped on the street but after finding a wallet missing, the crew then drove around the nearby Leith Walk industrial estate where another local handed the wallet back

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The women then returned to the bar to continue their evening.

Vicky said: “We have never seen anything like that in the two and a half years we have been open. Leith has its faults, but when things like this show what a fantastic place it is.”