A suspect has been charged after a pensioner in Swanley was allegedly robbed at around 1.30pm on Tuesday 2 April 2024, when a gold chain was reportedly stolen from a woman in her 70s whilst she was walking in London Road.

Officers were alerted to the incident and later the same day a suspect was arrested.

A woman from, Edmonton, Greater London, was charged by investigators from West Kent CID with robbery.

The 30-year-old appeared before Sevenoaks Magistrates’ Court on Thursday 4 April. She was remanded in custody pending a hearing at Maidstone Crown Court on 3 May.

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