Veteran BBC newsreader Jan Leeming fights off bag snatcher in 'sleepy' French village

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.

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