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| 'We'll drown you' pensioner told | 'We'll drown you' pensioner told |
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| Thieves threatened to drown an 88-year- old woman during a robbery at her home in County Armagh. | 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. | Two men forced their way into her house on the Armagh Road, Keady, at about 1945 GMT on Sunday. |
| She was ordered to 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. | 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. | She is the fifth pensioner to be targeted by thieves in a week. |
| SPLP councillor Thomas O'Hanlon, who has spoken to the woman, said he was disgusted by the robbery. | |
| "They have left the lady traumatised. It is sickening," he said. | |
| "It is hard for normal, decent people to imagine what sort of depraved individuals can invade the privacy of an elderly woman to rob her." | |
| Pensioners targeted | |
| The robbery comes just a day after thieves targeted an 82-year-old woman at her east Belfast home. | 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. | |
| 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. |