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'We'll drown you' pensioner told | |
(10 minutes later) | |
Thieves threatened to drown an 88-year- old woman during a robbery at her home in County Armagh. | |
Two men forced their way into her house on the Armagh Road, Keady, at about 1945 GMT on sunday. | |
She was ordered to stay in the kitchen, the taps were run in the sink and she was told that if she did not keep quiet, they would drown her. | |
They then covered her head with a towel while they ransacked the house and made off with a small sum of cash. | |
She is the fifth pensioner to be targeted by thieves in a week. | |
The robbery comes just a day after thieves targeted an 82-year-old woman at her east Belfast home. | |
Two men called at her house in Mount Merrion Avenue at about 1700 GMT on Saturday. | Two men called at her house in Mount Merrion Avenue at about 1700 GMT on Saturday. |
They pushed past her, searched the house and stole cash. Last week three pensioners were targeted by thieves. | They pushed past her, searched the house and stole cash. Last week three pensioners were targeted by thieves. |
DUP assembly member Robin Newton, who is chairman of Belfast's Policing Partnership, said more needed to be done to protect the elderly. | DUP assembly member Robin Newton, who is chairman of Belfast's Policing Partnership, said more needed to be done to protect the elderly. |
"Every aspect of the community - whether you're the individual, whether you're the politician, whether you're the community group - should be banding together to offer advice and support to help the senior citizen stay safe in his or her home," he said. | "Every aspect of the community - whether you're the individual, whether you're the politician, whether you're the community group - should be banding together to offer advice and support to help the senior citizen stay safe in his or her home," he said. |