26/06/2015

Man Left Shaken Following Distraction Burglary

Police in Newry are appealing for information after a man was left shaken following a distraction burglary.

A man called to a house in Lower Dromore Road, Warrenpoint, and claimed to be from the council on Friday.

The man took the male occupant of the house into the back garden. It is believed two other men entered the house, ransacked upstairs and stole a sum of cash.

The three men made off in a dark coloured Nissan Almera.

Police are appealing to anyone with information to contact them.

(CD)

Related Northern Ireland News Stories
Click here for the latest headlines.

26 February 2018
Man Dies In Co L'Derry House Fire
A man aged in his 50s has died in a house fire in Magherafelt, Co L'Derry An investigation has been launched into the cause of the fire at a house on Highfield Road, however police said that they don't believe the fire was suspicious. The man's identity has not yet been released.
07 April 2005
Pensioner attacked at home during burglary
Police are appealing for information after a 79-year-old man was attacked by a gang of masked men at his home on the outskirts of west Belfast. The incident occurred at the man’s home in Glengoland Avenue, just off the Stewartstown Road, at about 9pm on Wednesday.
14 April 2011
Laura Marling Headlines Open House Festival
The organisers of the Open House Festival have announced that Laura Marling, Brits and NME award-winning English folk artist, is to headline the Custom House Square gig on Friday 24th June.
03 July 2007
Man questioned about 1988 murder
A man has been arrested in connection with police inquiries into a murder in 1988. The body of Lily Smyth, 66, was found in her flat at Moveen House in Dunmurry on October 9, 1988. The pensioner had been strangled. A police spokesperson said that a 43-year-old man had been arrested and is being questioned at Antrim Police Station.
24 January 2005
Women attacked with tar in west Belfast
Police are appealing for information after two women were attacked and covered in tar in their west Belfast home at the weekend. Three hooded men smashed the front windows of a house in Hopewell Crescent in the Shankill area at about 6.50pm on Sunday before entering the property and throwing a tar-like substance over the two women.