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A woman has been charged with attempted robbery after an elderly woman was injured.

The incident happened in Willow Grove on Monday afternoon (April 3) and the 81-year-old victim suffered bruising to her wrist.

Cleveland Police said late on Wednesday that a 37-year-old woman had been arrested on suspicion of robbery after “an 81-year-old lady who is partially sighted, was injured with bruising to her wrist”.

It has now been confirmed that the woman has been charged with attempted robbery and will appear at Teesside Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, April 6.

Woman charged after ‘partially sighted’ pensioner, 81, is robbed and injured in Hartlepool