Ayrshire pensioner battered by masked raider who burst into home as she cooked Sunday roast
The 5ft 2in granny was left with a broken wrist and a cut arm after grappling with the towering intruder as he whacked her son with a truncheon
A PENSIONER was battered by a masked raider who burst into her home as she cooked a Sunday roast.
The 5ft 2in granny was left with a broken wrist and a cut arm after grappling with the towering intruder as he whacked her son with a truncheon.
The retired teacher, 74, said: “We had a roast dinner in the oven, waiting for family to come over.
“I looked up and there was this tall man. My son was on the settee and he was hitting him hard with the truncheon. I tried to get in the way and he broke a bone in my wrist.
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“I noticed the man had a huge hunting knife in his hand. He could have killed me.”
The victims were taken to Ayr Hospital for treatment. The woman’s son, 46, suffered bruising to both arms.
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Cops are probing whether Sunday’s attack in Troon, Ayrshire — thought to have involved a second thug — was a case of mistaken identity.
Detective Sergeant Jane Hogg said: “This was a terrifying attack.”
One suspect was around 6ft tall and wearing a balaclava. The other, in his mid-20s, was about 5ft 5in with chin-length hair. They may have been using a small black car.
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