A WOMAN is due to appear in court after allegedly stealing a Rolex watch in Poole.

At around 2.40pm on Sunday, May 30 the victim, a man aged in his 70s, was walking along Bingham Avenue when he was approached by a woman who started a conversation.

Following a short interaction, the woman reportedly held the victim’s arm and stole his Rolex watch.

A 40-year-old woman of no fixed abode was arrested and she has been issued with a postal requisition and is due to appear at Poole Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, May 10 for an offence of robbery.