A WOMAN who battered a vulnerable man with a saucepan in his home before stealing his wallet has been jailed for six years.

Kerry Rogers also threatened to say Michael Cook had raped her if he told police about the attack, Worcester Crown Court was told.

Rogers, aged 34, saw Mr Cook in London Road, Worcester – where they both lived – while she was waiting at the bus stop on December 17, last year.

Gareth Walters, prosecuting, said Mr Cook bought a newspaper before being confronted by Rogers who asked for some money for her bus fare.

Mr Walters said Rogers knew the victim and she was aware he had learning difficulties.

Ten minutes later, Rogers turned up at Mr Cook’s front door and asked if she could wait for the bus inside his flat.

As he went into the kitchen to make Rogers a cup of tea, Mr Cook took his wallet out of his bag which had £100 in it.

Rogers saw this and said: “I’m not here to rob you.”

Mr Cook asked Rogers to leave about five times but she refused.

Mr Walters said: “He went to get a glass of water and she followed before threatening him. She said to give her his money or she would kill him.

“He ran to the back door but was shaking and unable to turn the key.

“By this stage she had picked up a saucepan, she hit him on the head and repeated her demand for money.”

Mr Walters said Rogers threatened to get “heavies” to deal with Mr Cook and said she would tell police he had raped her if he phoned them.

She took the money out of his wallet then attempted to wipe her fingerprints from the pan before leaving.

Mr Cook did call police and Rogers’ fingerprints were found at the scene.

Farah Rashid, defending, said Rogers was a mother-of-two and had battled with substance misuse for many years.

Ms Rashid said: “She knows she has to change.”

Passing sentence, Judge Alistair McCreath said the offence was “deeply unpleasant”.

He said: “This robbery took place in his home and violent threats of a very serious kind were made – threats to kill him.

“You then used a saucepan as a weapon, took from him the little that he had then used blackmail to buy his silence.”

Judge McCreath said the sentence would have been nine years but for her guilty plea.