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Geraldton woman getaway driver, allege police

David SalvaireGeraldton Guardian
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A Geraldton woman will face court accused of being the getaway driver for a man charged over a series of crimes in Perth last week.

The 27-year-old woman has been summonsed on a stealing charge.

Police allege that about 8.50am last Friday, a 21-year-old Middle Swan man stole a handbag from a 75-year-old woman and threatened her with a knife at a Booragoon shopping centre.

About 10.30am the same morning the man allegedly stole a handbag from a 46-year-old woman in Yokine.

The Middle Swan man has been charged with threatening to injure, burglary and four counts of stealing.

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