'˜Spate of pickpocketing' at Glorious Goodwood

Pickpockets targeted race-goers at Glorious Goodwood, with seven incidents reported to police within around a two hours period on one afternoon.
Racing at GoodwoodRacing at Goodwood
Racing at Goodwood

Sussex Police said there had been ‘no other significant incidents of disorder or crime’ during the four-day horse racing festival, now called the Qatar Goodwood Festival, which ran from July 26-30.

However on the Saturday, seven people reported having possessions, mainly wallets, stolen from them, a police spokesman said.

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He added that a ‘number of people were ejected by event security personnel for various reasons over the period of the festival’.

Anyone with information is asked to email [email protected] or call 101.

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