Police offer £20,000 reward 10 years after bag snatch murder of London OAP

Metropolitan Police have offered a £20,000 reward to try and catch those responsible for the death of an OAP woman 10 years ago.

Molly Morgan, 81, was attacked as she walked to a library from her home in Harrow.

Thieves snatched her handbag , which contained an empty carrier bag, an extension lead and an umbrella, causing her to fall.

Molly subsequently died of injuries to her head and the left side of her body.

‘The robbers snatched her bag so roughly that she was knocked over and suffered brain damage and she died that night in hospital,’ said her daughter Hilary Underwood. ‘No-one’s ever been caught.’

‘That night turned my life upside down. I’m her only child and we were very close.’

She urged anyone with information to come forward.

‘Please do it because this is something that could bring me peace and closure and justice at last.’

Police have been searching for a man wearing grey tracksuit trousers who was seen walking close Molly before the attack.

Two men were seen running from the attack.

Four men were arrested in 2010 but later released.

Det Supt Andy Partridge of the Met Police, said: ‘It has now been ten years since Mrs Morgan was murdered and despite extensive enquiries we have never been able to bring her killers to justice.

‘Mrs Morgan was an active and highly respected member of her local community and was killed for the worthless contents of her handbag.

‘Her family miss her dearly and cling to the hope that someone will now do the right thing and come forward as they continue to search for justice.

‘With the passage of time, people and loyalties change, and those who did not come forward at the time now have an opportunity to help solve this tragic case, search their conscience and do the right thing.’

She had lived in the Harrow area for more than 50 years.

Molly had originally trained as an architect but gave up work to become a full-time mother to her daughter.

She was married to William Morgan for more than 40 years. He died in November 1997.