The Clitherne : , I ^ ’* T j “j 1*^ ■ * J ^ ana i imes t * ~ f ’ *■ Thursday,.July 8th, 2010 No. 6,456 news and views from the Centre of the Kingdom www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk Price 75p I


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Plea after mum


and son robbed POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a woman and her son were robbed outside their home in Whalley. ■ The robbery happened at the rear o f


King Street, near to the end of an al­ leyway which leads to a road called Tlie Grove, at approximately 6-20 p.m. last Thursday. . In what appears to be a pre-planned


: and organised attack, two offenders waited for a local businesswoman to return home in her car. The woman, who is in her 70s, and


by Julie M a g e e : y sudden death o f a Clitheroe teenager :-- : , ' : whose body .was found on the’railway line ■


.K ..; v Flowers and tributes have been tied to rail- ; ■ Ings in Ribchester Road; .WUpshire; over the ■


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u v weekend, in memory of 18-year-old .Claudia . Sarah Linley, who died after being struck by a -


;* ■ train on Friday.;^ ' ■ ; ii’A British Tra’nsport Police spokesman said:-;; ';


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■. “BTP officers attended the line close to Ram- . sgreave and Wilpshire Road rail station on Fri-


;i‘: day; July 2nd, after a report that a woman had ■ been struck by a freight train.’


v.a ; .“Officers from BTP and Lancashire Constab- ." U t


ulaiy attended the incident, which was reported .


ii' to police at 4 p.m. and is currently being treated; as non-suspicious.” "Paramedics also attended,.but Claudia was ’ ;- pronounced dead at the scene. ' -


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;--: -.'Claudia, who was the daughter.of Betina •- Linley,'of Bavydlands, Clitheroe, and the sister . ;. of Jaro.es (24);attended Clitheroe’s St Michael-1 '


:;; ,and St John’s RC Primary School and then Stv . .Augustine’s RC High School; at Billington.


' H TURN TO PAGE 2 CUUDIA SARAH LINLEY : ->


..^-between Blackburn and Clitheroe has sent ■: shockwaves through the local community. :-


her son, who is in his mid-40s, were left severely shaken by the attack. . The victims arrived at the rear of their home at around 6-20 p.m. in a red Mazda car when a man got into the car via a rear door. He stole a black Nike bag with an aqua insignia on the front, a netbook, a Sony PSP console, a small black handbag with tassels and a bell and a substantial quantity of money. The man is described as being white,-


possibly with a tanned complexion, in his early 20s, o f stocky build with short dark hair. He was wearing a blue top


with white writing in a box with dark jeans and trainers. •


. He-ran up the nearby alleyway to The Grove where it is believed an ac­ complice was waiting on a motorcycle, r The accomplice is described as white,


-about 23 to 25 years old and wearing dark coloured motorcycle clothing.


' ' Det Sgt Nigel Watson, of Clitheroe CID, said: “This was an orchestrated and well planned attack. It is quite like­ ly these offenders have been watching the victims’ movements in recent days.


■-‘ . “Lwould urge anybody who has seen anything.suspicious, or has any infor­ mation about this offence, to contact the police on 01200 458734 or if they wish, anonymously on 0800 555111.”


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