The FBI is offering a $10,000 (£8,000) reward to catch a bank robber who agents have dubbed the "Pink Lady Bandit".

Her moniker is a reference to a "distinctive pink handbag" the woman carried during at least two raids.

During each robbery, the woman showed the bank staff a note demanding money.

Image: The FBI have issued a wanted poster for the suspect

The Bureau has issued pictures of the woman it believes was behind four bank robberies across three states along the US east coast.

The first took place at Orrstown Bank in Carlisle in Pennsylvania on 20 July.

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Three days later she was spotted at the M&T Bank in Rehoboth Beach in Delaware, before hitting the Southern Bank in Ayden in North Carolina the following day on 24 July.

The fourth heist was at a BB&T bank in Hamlet in North Carolina, according to Read More – Source

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