09/06/2003
Disabled pensioner robbed in Co Down
A 96-year-old disabled woman has suffered an arm injury after being robbed at knife point at her Co Down home on Sunday.
The woman, who lives alone, was asleep when two men broke into her home near the Clonallon Road.
They woke the victim before demanding money and threatening to shoot her.
She was then dragged from her bed with a knife to her throat.
The men ransacked the house before making off with three watches and a small amount of cash.
The woman was visibly shaken when her son went to see her later on Sunday. The police were informed of the incident shortly afterwards.
(MB)
The woman, who lives alone, was asleep when two men broke into her home near the Clonallon Road.
They woke the victim before demanding money and threatening to shoot her.
She was then dragged from her bed with a knife to her throat.
The men ransacked the house before making off with three watches and a small amount of cash.
The woman was visibly shaken when her son went to see her later on Sunday. The police were informed of the incident shortly afterwards.
(MB)
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