A WOMAN was due to appear at court for allegedly robbing a pensioner in the middle of the night at his home in Ayr.

It is claimed that at 12:15am on Saturday, July 29, the 26-year-old went to the 83-year-old man’s house on Riverside Place.

The Ayr Advertiser Series understands that she chapped the door and the man opened it. When he did she grabbed him an robbed him of £40.

The man told his family who told police. The woman was arrested and remanded in custody. She was due to appear at Ayr Sheriff Court on Monday, July 31.