By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 06:07 EST, 26 July 2012 | UPDATED: 19:32 EST, 26 July 2012 A 77-year-old gardener and his 68-year-old partner have become Britain’s oldest couple to be fitted with electronic tags. Ian Bartlett and Rosemary Collier were fitted with the tracking devices after they pleaded guilty to stealing thousands of pounds from a vulnerable pensioner. Their victim, Patricia Hardy, hired Bartlett to work in her garden in Whitstable, Kent, in 2007 as she  was recovering from a stroke, Canterbury Crown Court heard, and was introduced to Collier soon afterwards. 'Despicable': Ian Bartlett and his partner Rosemary Collier have become Britain's oldest couple to be tagged after they stole thousands of pounds from a stroke victim as she lay in hospital
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Ian Bartlett, 77, and Rosemary Collier, 68, struck while victim was in hospital
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They withdrew £2,000 from her bank after promising to take care of her bills
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Pair also tried to change her will and had her £3,000 car signed over to them
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Judge: 'This lady trusted you implicitly. Your behaviour was despicable'
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Given 10-month jail sentences suspended for a year and told to repay money
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Curfew prevents them from leaving house from 7pm to 7am for four months
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