SCAMMERS have tricked an elderly person in East Oxford into letting them into their home before stealing jewellery.

Two men knocked on the victim's door in Jeune Street, Oxford, between 11am and 11.30am on Friday, flashed ID badges as said they were council officers sent to fix a leak.

Whilst one man distracted the victim in the kitchen the other stole the jewellery.

One man is described as middle aged, white, with light coloured hair and wearing a white T shirt and cream trousers.

Anyone with information contact police on 101 ref 43180213198