AN elderly woman was distracted by a mother and baby while a man burgled her home.

The 74-year-old victim was talking to a neighbour at her home on Bradford Road at Rawfolds in Cleckheaton at 3.30pm on Friday when a car drew up.

A woman was driving and there was a man in the passenger seat and a baby about 18 months old in the back.

While the driver chatted to the victim, the man slipped into her home and stole some documents.

The couple and baby then drove away in the old, red car, which was possibly a Cortina.

The woman is white, aged about 20 and thin, with mousy brown hair in a bun.

The man is white, aged 18 to 20, 5ft 10in tall and stocky.

Anyone who knows who they are should phone Dewsbury CID on 01924 431085 or Dewsbury police helpdesk on 01924 431059.