A WOMAN living in Kingsbury Street in Marlborough had £500 in cash stolen by a man who escaped through an upstairs window.

The 69-year-old, who is not being named by the police, was alone in the house watching Coronation Street at about 8pm when she heard noises upstairs.

When she went to investigate she saw a man disappearing through a bedroom window.

It is believed the man got in through an open upstairs window and a police officer said: "It appears to have been an opportunist job where the thief saw the window open and went straight in."

DC Marcus Tawn (01672 512311) would like to speak to anyone who was in Kingsbury Street at about 8pm on Sunday evening and saw suspicious activity or anybody driving away in a vehicle.