Update: Attempted robbery, Aitkenvale

A man has been charged following investigations into the attempted robbery of an 81-year-old woman at Aitkenvale on June 4.

It will be alleged the woman left the Ross River Road shopping centre around 11.30am when a man on a bicycle rode up behind her and grabbed her handbag, which had been slung over her shoulder.

The woman was pulled off balance and fell heavily onto the concrete footpath, sustaining lacerations to her head, arm and hand, as well as bruising and pain to her hips.

She was transported to Townsville Hospital for treatment.

A 20-year-old Aitkenvale man is scheduled to appear in Townsville Magistrates Court tomorrow charged with attempted robbery.

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