A CHARLTON man has been charged with burgling the home of a 112-year-old woman.

Jesse Coker, aged 45, of Floyd Road, is due to appear at Camberwell Green Magistrates court today.

He is also charged with going equipped for burglary, and refusing to provide a sample for a class A drug test.

Police were called to the woman’s address on the Southwark Park Estate in Rotherhithe at around 10.45am on January 24.