A WOMAN who preys on old and vulnerable people has pleaded guilty to stealing from pensioners aged 89 and 90.

Basia Chapman admitted the offences on the day she was to stand trial at Bradford Crown Court.

She was remanded back into custody to be sentenced on June 23.

Chapman, of Colyton Mount, Allerton, Bradford, stole from the pensioners in their homes, in Fairbank Road, Girlington, Bradford, on January 6.

In 2010, she was jailed for two years for targeting the elderly to fund her £100-a-day heroin and crack cocaine habit.

She posed as a friendly neighbour, concerned passer-by and helpful shopper to steal money from her trusting victims.

Chapman admitted stealing eight times from a 73-year-old woman she called ‘Grandma’. In all, she took £1,310 from the pensioner.

She stole from an 82-year-old woman after helping her when she fell. She sat her down with a cup of tea, then vanished – with the woman’s purse containing £195.

On bail, Chapman tricked her way into a 74-year-old woman’s home after helping her with her wheelie bin. She took £83 from her purse.

Chapman’s next victim was an 83-year-old woman she befriended in Bradford city centre. She stole her purse containing £100.

Yesterday, Judge Mark Savill was told that she might have committed other offences, in December last year.