An 82-year-old woman hugged a stranger who had flattered her at a Manchester bus stop. Moments later, that same woman pushed her to the ground and stole her handbag.

Sanela Osmanovic, 44, has now been jailed for 16 months after admitting theft and battery.

Manchester Crown Court heard Osmanovic watched the pensioner withdraw £300 from a cashpoint in Moss Side before following her to a bus stop on Moss Lane East.

She struck up a conversation, asking the woman her age. When the pensioner explained she had been born in 1942, Osmanovic told her she looked between 65 and 70.

The woman responded with a hug and told Osmanovic she was kind.

Osmanovic then pushed her to the ground and took her handbag, containing the cash and an iPhone. CCTV later showed her carrying the stolen bag, and she was arrested.

The pensioner was taken to hospital, where doctors discovered a fractured spine. Medics could not establish whether the fracture had been caused by the attack.

In her victim impact statement, the woman said her quality of life had changed for the worse and she was now terrified of strangers.

Osmanovic already had 50 previous convictions covering 105 offences, including 57 theft-related offences, dating back to 2001.

Osmanovic, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to 16 months in prison.