'Despicable' gang steal OAP's life savings

Police are hunting three men who posed as workers to enter a pensioner's home and steal his life savings.

The men, who said they wanted to check the water at the 87-year-old man's house, stole the "large sum of money", thought to be more than 10,000.

One of the men showed the pensioner identification and spoke to him while the other two searched for money from the house in the Greenhill Crescent area of Linwood, near Paisley, on Thursday afternoon.

Police want to trace the occupants of a white Ford Transit pick-up type van which was seen in the area a short time before the theft and is believed to have been travelling in the direction of the A737 after the incident.

Superintendent George Nedley, of Strathclyde Police, said: "People who commit these types of crimes are despicable. They have absolutely no conscience.

"They are devious and could potentially target anyone."

All three suspects, who had Irish accents, were white.

One man was around 6ft with red hair and wearing a black shirt and black trousers.

Another suspect was around 5ft 9in to 5ft 10in with dark hair and wearing dark clothing. The third man was wearing blue jeans and a bomber jacket.