Woman, 80, 'drugged and robbed men she met through dating adverts'

An 80-year-old woman is alleged to have used drugs to tranquilise her victims
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Hatty Collier11 August 2016
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A good-looking 80-year-old woman drugged and robbed several men she met through lonely hearts columns in local newspapers, a court has heard.

The pensioner, named only as Janina M, was arrested by officers in southern Poland after she allegedly mixed drugs into her victims’ food, before stealing valuable items from their homes.

Dubbed the "predatory pensioner" by the Polish media, she faces up to 20 years in jail for a series of attacks in which she used the anxiety drug lorazepam.

Described by a prosecutor as “a nice old lady at first glance” with carefully applied make-up and an attractive haircut, she denied the charges in Brzesko and was remanded in custody for three months pending her trial.

In one instance she is said to have stolen over £1,500-worth of gadgets, jewellery and money from a 78-year-old man who invited her to his home in Szczurow.

Police believe she used the same technique to rob a number of pensioners.

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