Sheltered accommodation residents left shocked and disturbed after their home was burgled by two women bravely told them they were going nowhere until police arrived.
No visitors were allowed due to Covid when Gemma Campbell and Audra Ames gained access to Porlock House, in Jarrow, in September 2020. The pair tried a number of doors and one of them got inside the room of an elderly man, who was pressured into handing over £40.
A room of a recently deceased man was also ransacked and they stole pictures, a mirror and curtains from the communal area of the home. Newcastle Crown Court heard it was around 8.30pm that they were let into the building by a resident. They commented to one man "I bet you've never had two beauties like us in the property."
