Around 1pm on Tuesday, February 4, a 74-year-old woman answered a knock on the door of her South West Sydney home.
When she opened the door she saw a man who asked to use her phone.
But when the woman offered to dial the number for him, he entered the Kemps Creek home and demanded cash.
He also took two gold necklaces and demanded the woman’s car keys before instructing her to get into the car.
The man drove the woman to a number of locations before stopping near Elizabeth Drive, Liverpool and getting out of the car, leaving the keys in the vehicle.
The woman got into the driver’s seat and drove off, before alerting police.
Now a 49 year old man has been arrested and charged with kidnapping.
He has also been charged with aggravated robbery in relation to a separate incident that took place a week later on February 11.
Police say a 60 year old woman was walking home on Castlereagh Street, Liverpool, when she was allegedly assaulted by a man, suffering a fractured eye socket and other injuries.
The man allegedly grabbed her handbag and ran, before being chased by a member of the public.
The man dropped the bag and fled.
About 9.30am yesterday police arrested a 49-year-old man outside a shopping centre in the Liverpool CBD.
He was refused bail to appear at Liverpool Local Court.
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In a separate incident, two teenagers have been charged after an alleged attempted carjacking at Liverpool.
Police say a 31-year-old women was stopped in her car at a set of lights on Elizabeth Street, when two teenagers approached and opened her car doors.
One of the teens allegedly produced a replica pistol and demanded the woman get out of her vehicle.
But the woman drove off and contacted police.
Police arrested two teenagers, both aged 15, nearby.
Both were refused bail to appear before a children’s court.
