A 38-year-old woman tricked her way into the home of an 82-year-old man and stole his wallet from his pocket.
The victim had opened his front door to let his dog out when he became aware of accused Elaine Rush, who he did not know, standing there.
Rush was bleeding from the neck, which depute fiscal Dev Kapadia suggested was due to her picking at an old wound.
She asked the pensioner for a cloth to clean herself and when he went to hand one over she barged past him into his home. Rush then asked to use the complainer’s toilet and he reluctantly agreed.
Mr Kapadia said: “She remained in the bathroom for 10 minutes and the complainer became concerned and asked if she was OK.
“He didn’t get a reply. When he entered he saw the accused bent over with her trousers down, clothes around her ankles and backside facing toward him.”
The pensioner tried to get her out of his house but she broke free from his grip.
The two engaged in a struggle in the living room before the accused went into a bedroom, fell over a leather seat and lay down with her legs open.
Mr Kapadia said: “At this time the accused said the complainer had raped her and she was going to call the police. Such was her mental state that she believed something had happened when it had not.”
Rush told the pensioner she would say nothing if she gave him £35, before upping the ransom to £500. When he refused Rush got up from the sofa, pulled up her clothes and demanded money again.
A further struggle ensued during which Rush removed the victim’s wallet from his pocket, took his money and left the house. Police officers later detained Rush and found £340 stuffed down her left sock.
At Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court on Monday, Rush, a prisoner in Cornton Vale, admitted, on August 7 2013, at Overton Road, Kirkcaldy, assaulting an 82-year-old man, demanding money from him, struggling with him and forcibly removing a wallet from his pocket and robbing him.
Sheriff Max Hendry deferred sentence until next month.