A pensioner has been raped in Chessington.

Police were called at 6.35am today to reports of a burglary and rape at a residential property in the Chessington area.

A police spokesman said this evening: "The victim was a woman in her 70s.

"London Ambulance Service were called to the scene and she was taken to a south London hospital.

"Officers from the sexual offences exploitation and child abuse command based at Sutton are investigating."

No one has been arrested.

Anyone with information is asked to call the police non-emergency number 101.