Veteran BBC newsreader Jan Leeming, 80, fights off bag snatcher in ‘sleepy’ French village after being ‘rugby tackled’ by masked man at cash machine
- Ms Leeming, 80, says she has been left ‘very shaken’ and with a ‘very deep graze’
- The former BBC news anchor was ‘rugby tackled to the ground’ after the man
- He then made off in a getaway car, but was unsuccessful in stealing any items
- She described incident as a ‘horrid experience’, but says she is ‘absolutely fine’
Former BBC newsreader Jan Leeming fought off a would-be bag snatcher who rugby-tackled her to the floor in a French village – forcing him he fled empty-handed.
Ms Leeming, 80, says she has been left ‘very shaken’ and suffered a ‘very deep graze’ to her arm after she was attacked while her friends were using the ATM in ‘sleepy little village’ in France.
The ex-news anchor…
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