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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. | 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 there 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. | 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." |