BEST QUALITIY AVAILABLEUndated handout photo issued by the Metropolitan Police of The Comet of 1858 by Samuel Palmer, a painting stolen from the home of an 89-year-old woman. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Sunday January 19, 2014. The 100,000 pound painting has been stolen from the home of an 89-year-old woman who was fooled by a fraud scam, Scotland Yard said. Detectives are appealing for help to recover the haul, taken from an address in South Kensington, London, on January 18. See PA story POLICE Painting. Photo credit should read: Metropolitan Police/PA WireNOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%A £100,000 painting has been stolen from the home of an 89-year-old woman who was fooled by a fraud scam, Scotland Yard said.
Detectives are appealing for help to recover the haul, taken from an address in South Kensington, London, on January 18. It included The Comet of 1858 by Samuel Palmer, plus jewellery and bank cards.
Let us send you our newsletter.
Our editors will email you a roundup of their favourite stories from across AOL
