A terrified 70-year-old woman with a heart condition collapsed and died just minutes following a burglary at her home by a "career criminal" in the dead of night.
The woman telephoned the police by dialling 999 just after 3.15am, however she suffered "trauma" just before she died and must have been filled with "unimaginable terror".
When police arrived at the woman's home she was already dead, only minutes after she told them that she was locking herself in her bedroom.
