A pregnant woman accused of using the promise of sex to lure a man into a knifepoint robbery has a history of targeting vulnerable victims, a jury has been told.

Hollie Cheeseman, 32, is alleged to have stripped an unsuspecting man naked as part of a 'honeytrap' plot before her waiting boyfriend, Jeremy Long, burst into the bedroom with the weapon.

The expectant mum is said to have used the fake name Amy when duping the alleged victim - the same moniker she used during two previous scams.

Long, 40, has admitted two counts of robbery and one of false imprisonment, but Cheeseman denies any involvement in the ploy.

Jurors at Canterbury Crown Court have now been told Cheeseman has four previous convictions for stealing from vulnerable victims.

In September 2005, and using the name Amy, she befriended an 89-year-old man and stole his wallet after walking him home.

Later that year she visited another vulnerable victim's house under the pseudonym 'Amy White' and stole their bank card, later making numerous fraudulent transactions.

She has also been convicted of two other crimes of dishonesty - snatching £20 from a vulnerable person and writing a stolen cheque for £300, prosecutor Bridget Todd told jurors.

And it is the name Amy she is said to have used again as she persuaded her latest victim she was interested in having sex with him.

The court has heard they went back to her flat in Collins Road, Greenhill, where they undressed on a bed.

Before anything happened, prosecutors allege Cheeseman's boyfriend burst in with a knife and threatened to cut off the man's private parts, demanding he hand over his bank card.

It is claimed the man was then locked in the flat as Long went to a cashpoint to withdraw money, but the account was empty.

The jury was told Long returned to the flat and threatened to punch the victim and put him in his car boot and drive him off somewhere to beat him up.

“They all went to the victim’s flat, where they systematically went around it and took a number of items of property,” Miss Todd said.

“This included a television, PS4, phone, tablet, money and a box of documents.

"The victim’s son returned and contacted the police.”

The alleged victim then told officers the ordeal was "frightening", and that he and Cheeseman had become friends after meeting just six days beforehand.

But he was unfamiliar with Long, of Collins Road.

CCTV footage led officers to Cheeseman and Long, and when the police turned up at their flat most of the alleged victim’s property was still there.

“They were even watching the victim’s television,” Miss Todd said.

Cheeseman has denied two charges of robbery and one of false imprisonment.

She claims the items were handed over by the alleged victim by way of apology to Long for almost becoming intimate with his girlfriend.

The trial continues.

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