TWO men have been jailed following an attempted robbery in which a 65-year-old woman was hit over the head with a stick and ordered to hand over her money.

York Crown Court was told that Jordon Walker, 19, and Nigel James Sullivan, 43, forced their way into the woman’s home in Scarborough in April.

She was confronted in her bedroom by Walker, who had covered his face. He demanded money and when she said she didn’t have any he struck her head with a wooden stick.

The victim then heard a man’s voice from the landing outside her bedroom door saying: “Have you done her in yet?”

The attackers left empty-handed but were arrested on the Barrowcliff estate after a separate unrelated matter.

The woman was taken to hospital with head injuries but fortunately she was not seriously hurt.

A judge jailed Sullivan for 13 years and sentenced Walker to eight years in a young offenders' institution.

York Press:

Walker, of Scarborough,had pleaded guilty at the court in June, admitting he had entered the bedroom and struck the pensioner.

Sullivan, also of Scarborough, denied his involvement but was found guilty by a jury after a two-day trial last month.

Detective Constable Steve Johnson, who led the case for Scarborough’s Serious Crime Team, said: “Nobody should feel unsafe in their own home and I can only imagine how terrifying this ordeal was for the victim.

“It was a nasty, cowardly attack by two men against a woman in her 60s.

"While this was a very unpleasant incident, I hope the victim and other residents of North Yorkshire take some comfort in the fact that Walker and Sullivan are now beginning very long terms in prison, where they belong.”