Escaped convict steals from lady cop!

An escaped convict was caught by police in Brussels when he tried to steal the handbag of an off-duty policewoman, police said on Wednesday.

An escaped convict was caught by police in Brussels when he tried to steal the handbag of an off-duty policewoman, police said on Wednesday.

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The 34-year-old man, who had been on the run for the past month, was caught by another off-duty officer on Tuesday after failing to snatch the woman's bag.

He had assaulted the woman as she and the officer were going home from work a few blocks away from a police station. They were both in civilian dress.

The convict's previous crime and the sentence he was serving for it at a prison near the capital were not immediately known.