A MAN who posed as a courier before robbing a woman at her home, has been jailed for four years.

Armand Choudhry, 25, was one of two men who forced his way into a house in Queen’s Road, Blackburn.

The victim – a 32-year-old woman – was threatened and dragged into the front room where her hands and ankles were bound together with black tape.

Both men then made off with a laptop.

The woman, who was left shaken by the ordeal, suffered a fractured vertebrae and was treated at hospital.

Choudhry, of Hamilton Place, Newcastle, appeared at Preston Crown Court after pleading guilty to robbery after the incident about 1.30pm on September 29.

Choudhry was arrested after forensic evidence from the scene which linked him to the offence. He pleaded guilty to robbery on the basis that he did not assault the woman.

PC Gary Keogh said: “This type of attack is rare but where it does occur, police will do everything within their power to bring offenders to justice.

“Our efforts to find Choudhry’s accomplice are continuing and I would welcome any information from the public.”