A 23-year-old woman has been jailed after an attempted distraction burglary in Ashford last year.
Margaret McCann, of Hayes, was sentenced to three years in prison for burglary with intent to steal at Kingston Crown Court on May 8.
Ellen Loughran, 34, of Camden, who was arrested for the same offence, was found guilty in her absence at the hearing a February after failing to appear for her trial.
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She has since been remanded in custody and is due to be sentenced on June 27.
Both women were arrested after being stopped by Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) on patrol in Ashford on September 7 last year.
PCSOs Keith Faulkner and Nick Hunter were alerted by a member of the public to two women acting suspiciously. They were directed to Chesterfield Road where they walked past an open door of an address occupied by an elderly couple in which the two women had entered.
A purse containing money had been removed from one room and left in another.
The women were arrested at the scene and later charged by police with burglary with intent to steal.
Detective Constable Phil Carter, of Staines CID, said: "I would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to the elderly victims, Albert and Beatrice Roberson. This was a distressing incident and they have continued to work with the police to bring these women to justice. These types of burglaries are always so disturbing and cowardly because the offenders deliberately target the most vulnerable members of society.
"This result goes to show that Surrey Police are continuing to crack down on burglars and bring them to justice. We work closely with vulnerable and elderly people to make them aware of the methods of distraction burglaries and advise them what to do if a stranger calls."
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