POLICE investigating a distraction theft in Redditch say a similar attempted theft incident happened in Bromsgrove.

Redditch Police have today released CCTV images of a man and woman they want to speak to in connection with the theft of a bank card in Boots in the Kingfisher Centre.

The distraction theft, targetting an elderly man riding a mobility scooter, happened at around midday on Wednesday January 12 and saw the man's bank card stolen.

A similar theft was also attempted in the Dolphin Centre, Bromsgrove, on the same day but nothing was stolen, police said.

Anyone with any information that could help to identify the two people in the images is asked to visit https://orlo.uk/rbKUb quoting incident 284 of January 12.