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Pensioner 'too scared to go home' | Pensioner 'too scared to go home' |
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A 79-year-old woman who was robbed and attacked in her Londonderry home said she is "too frightened" to return home. | A 79-year-old woman who was robbed and attacked in her Londonderry home said she is "too frightened" to return home. |
Florrie McDermott discovered the man, in her kitchen in Harty Court, Ballymagroarty, at about 0130 BST on Monday morning. | |
The man who had a white scarf covering his face, knocked Mrs McDermott to the ground, kicked her and stole £200. | The man who had a white scarf covering his face, knocked Mrs McDermott to the ground, kicked her and stole £200. |
"I just found him standing by the back door and I was so frightened, I was just shaking," Mrs McDermott said. | "I just found him standing by the back door and I was so frightened, I was just shaking," Mrs McDermott said. |
"I don't want to ever go back their now." | "I don't want to ever go back their now." |
Mrs McDermott suffered bruising to her back and arm and has had several panic attacks since the assault. | Mrs McDermott suffered bruising to her back and arm and has had several panic attacks since the assault. |
Her daughter Margaret Mc Dermott has been caring for her mother. | |
"She just keeps having these panic attacks now and the doctor has given her some tablets. | "She just keeps having these panic attacks now and the doctor has given her some tablets. |
"I wouldn't go back there so I can only imagine how she feels, it turns my stomach even to go in to get some of her stuff. | "I wouldn't go back there so I can only imagine how she feels, it turns my stomach even to go in to get some of her stuff. |
"The people that did this to my mother are vermin, that's the only thing I can say about them." | "The people that did this to my mother are vermin, that's the only thing I can say about them." |