Officers used data from a GPS tag on Ryan Cooney’s leg to prove he had been responsible for the two crimes over three days in 2022.

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At 2am on 14 August, Cooney approached a woman who was walking alone in Commercial Road. He forcibly pulled a bag from her shoulder and despite the victim’s efforts, escaped with her property.

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