Woman gets eight years for preying on the elderly

A “career criminal” who preyed on elderly people alone in their homes has been given an eight-year sentence for a year-long string of crimes against vulnerable victims.

Alice Connors (aged 36), who has 86 previous convictions including 22 burglaries with victims ranging in age from 60 to 84, stole to feed her drug habit. The mother of three had children with her during some of her offences.