Percy McCarthy allegedly assaulted an elderly cancer patient and stole $1000

The nurse is accused of pinning down the 77-year-old woman on a hospital bed

McCarthy, 45, forced her to give up her PIN and later withdrew cash from ATM

She refused to apologise for her alleged crime outside a bail check-in on Friday

This is the nurse accused of assaulting an elderly cancer patient, stealing her credit card and withdrawing $1,000 from an ATM, in an attack that left the woman terrified.

Percy McCarthy allegedly stole a credit card belonging to a 75-year-old patient in her care, before holding her down on a hospital bed until she revealed her PIN number.

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McCarthy, 45, then walked out of the Hospital for Specialist Surgery at Bella Vista, in Sydney's west, on March 16 and went to an ATM across the road where she withdrew $1,000 cash, police allege.

As she left Blacktown Police Station on Friday after reporting for bail, the mother-of-two refused to comment on her alleged crime and instead scurried off to meet her husband in a waiting car.

'No sorry, I don't want to talk about it', McCarthy said.

Percy McCarthy (pictured) allegedly stole credit cards from a cancer patient in her care before holding the 75-year-old down on a hospital bed until she revealed her PIN number

The nurse from Hospital for Specialist Surgery at Bella Vista, in western Sydney, is facing three charges of aggravated robbery, knowingly dealing with the proceeds of crime, and dishonestly obtaining financial advantage

On Friday morning, McCarthy hid when she spotted cameras outside her Bungarribee home

Police allege that McCarthy went through the cancer patient's handbag while she received treatment and stole two credit cards.

She is then accused of forcing the patient down onto a hospital bed and holding her there until she revealed the PIN numbers.

The alleged attack left her elderly victim Janice Bennett frightened and with bruising on her arms, legs, chest and neck.

So scared was the pensioner that it wasn't until 5am the following day that she called her son to tell him about the alleged attack.

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'I'm 75 but I fought back it's the normal thing to do… she kept holding me down and wanting my PIN numbers — it was like a dream... some sort of terrible nightmare,' Ms Bennett said.

'I feel very scared, very frightened, I can't sleep. The hospital was beautiful and the food and everything was lovely, I just can't believe it was not safe.'

McCarthy is facing charges including aggravated robbery, knowingly dealing with the proceeds of crime, and dishonestly obtaining financial advantage.

After her arrest in late-March she applied for bail, claiming she needed to be able to take her children to tennis, piano, swimming and maths lessons on week nights.

Walking out of her bail check-in at Blacktown Police Station on Friday, McCarthy refused to comment on her alleged crime

After her arrest in late-March she applied for bail, sighting family commitments such as taking her children to tennis, piano, swimming and maths lessons on week nights

She was granted conditional bail, including being banned from working at hospitals.

McCarthy hid when she spotted cameras out the front of her Bungarribee home on Friday morning.

She hurried inside before reappearing less than hour later and taking her children to school with her husband ahead of her bail check-in.

When asked by Daily Mail Australia about the alleged attack, McCarthy repeatedly said refused to comment.

In court last month, police prosecutor Sgt Nathan Blatch called the alleged robbery a 'brazen attack' against a person McCarthy was caring for.

McCarthy has been suspended from working at the Hospital for Specialist Surgery (pictured) in western Sydney until her case is resolved

'Four minutes after finishing work... she says some random person gave (the cards and PIN numbers) to her and asked her to do it,' he said, The Daily Telegraph reports.

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'In terms of the risk to the community, a person who is prepared to rob somebody in a hospital bed.... where would she stop?'

But Magistrate Roger Brown granted bail, saying he expected the case to be lengthy.

McCarthy has been suspended from duty at Hospital for Specialist Surgery and is set to reappear in court this month.