Woman charged with reported fraud and burglary offences in West Dorset
She is due to appear at Poole Magistrates Court today (Friday 13 June)
A woman has been charged with reported fraud and burglary offences in West Dorset.
It comes after Dorset Police received a report on Sunday 12 January 2025 from a woman who'd just had a stay at a holiday home in the Lyme Regis area.
They heard how the victim – a woman aged in her 50s – found their purse containing bank cards had been taken from their handbag and fraudulent transactions totalling £1250 had been made.
Then, on Wednesday 30 April 2025 a report was received of an attempted burglary in the Mill Green area of Lyme Regis in which a woman tried to gain entry to a property by entering the garden and attempting to open the conservatory patio door.
Police add that on Sunday 8 June 2025 it was alleged that a woman attended a property in Anning Road asking to speak to a man who did not live there, before she returned to the property at 3.15am the following day and tried to open the front and rear doors of the property.
Following detailed enquiries carried out by detectives, a 38-year-old woman from Lyme Regis was arrested and subsequently charged with 12 offences, including burglary and fraud. She has been remanded and is due to appear at Poole Magistrates Court on Friday 13 June 2025.