AN elderly Petersfield woman was left badly shaken when two men broke into her home on Friday night and posed as police officers.

The two would-be burglars forced their way into the flat at Lavant Court through a ground-floor window.

This took them straight to the bedroom of the flat and they made a search of the room.

They then disturbed the woman, who was in her sitting room, and told her they were police officers.

A Petersfield police spokesman said one man held her wrists while the second shone a torch in her eyes.

The two managed to escape, but were empty-handed.

Intruders were also disturbed at a home in Rake Road, Liss, early on Wednesday of last week.

The house is undergoing extensive renovation and the two intruders had forced their way through a conservatory door at the back of the house.

They escaped empty-handed when they were found by the owners.

The intruders are both described as being white males aged between 16 and 20.