A suspected robber has appeared in court after an 89-year-old man was assaulted.
The pensioner reported his phone had been stolen during the incident in Chatham town centre.
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It is alleged to have happened at around 4.30pm last Friday (April 12).
A woman was arrested later the same day and taken into custody and officers also seized a quantity of cannabis and crack cocaine.
Pamela Jardine, of Luton Road, Chatham, was charged with robbery, possession of crack cocaine and possession of cannabis.
The 41-year-old was additionally charged with theft, racially aggravated assault and assault by beating in connection with a separate incident inside a Chatham shop, on the same day she was arrested.
Jardine appeared before Medway Magistrates’ Court on Monday. She was remanded to a hearing at Maidstone Crown Court on Monday, May 13.