POLICE are growing increasingly concerned about the safety of an 87-year-old partially-sighted woman from Folkestone.

Olga Alexandra Sutton went missing yesterday afternoon.

She was last seen at 3.50pm leaving Homepine House in Sandgate Road, Folkestone where she lived alone.

Mrs Sutton is 4ft 10ins tall, of slight build and frail looking. She was wearing a red all-in-one dress with black boots.

She usually walks with a stick, but this has been left behind.

Sgt Stuart Norris said: “We are very concerned about Mrs Sutton’s welfare given her age and the fact she is blind.

“We would like to hear from anyone who might have seen her, or knows of her whereabouts.”