Undated handout photo issued by Durham Police of Marek Olszewski, 34, who was jailed for four years at Teesside Crown Court after admitting robbery. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Tuesday February 11, 2014. Olszewski, and a separate crook who also rifled through a bag, missed ?20,000 his 74-year-old victim had hidden in tea towels. See PA story POLICE Savings. Photo credit should read: Durham 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 widow who had £24,000 life savings snatched in a mugging has been reunited with most of the cash after two separate thieves missed hidden bundles of cash.
The remarkable story came to light when burly Marek Olszewski was jailed after he admitted mugging the 74-year-old in Darlington in November.
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