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WHAT SHE DID WAS A TERRIBLE THING

The x Factor's Rachel Hylton left a pensioner's wife shaken and terrified when she barged into their home and tried to snatch her handbag.

Hepburne Mair, 68, said: "It really shook Marjorie. She was scared to go out for weeks afterwards. It was a terrible thing."

Hepburne raced to Marjorie's side after hearing her scream - and found her fighting with Rachel, an 18-year-old crack addict at the time. He said: "I was upstairs and I sprinted down and saw her wrestling with a girl trying to wrench her bag from her shoulder.

"Marjorie was hanging on and wouldn't let go."

When Rachel saw Hepburne she fled the North London house. But cabbie Hepburne chased and caught Rachel, holding on until police arrived.

Rachel, now a 26-year-old mum of five, had seen Marjorie walking home and followed her. When Marjorie, who died three years ago of cancer, opened the door Rachel shoved her way inside. Late in court, the junkie admitted attempted theft and got community service and 18 months probation.

Four months later she tried to burgle a house and was sentenced to 18 months in jail.

Soon after her release she breached her bail conditions and was sent back to prison.

Source:Daily Mirror