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07/01/2010
Camlough Robbery Slammed
An violent robbery that saw an elderly man beaten with a bat has been roundly condemned.
The SDLP Mayor of Newry and Mourne, John Feehan, said the attack on the elderly man in the Quarter Road in Camlough was one of the most vicious the area has known in recent times.
"This 69-year-old man woke to find a gang of men in his home. They kicked and punched him and beat him with a baseball bat.
"What is really worrying is that the gang stole two guns. They are clearly planning even more serious crimes.
"The whole community has an interest in catching them before they do anything else. Anyone who may have any information about them should make it available to the police as soon as possible," the SDLP man said.
The victim was attacked just before midnight on Tuesday after he woke to find two men in his bedroom, who then threatened and assaulted him. He also heard people in another room where a gun cabinet and safe were.
It is believed two guns were stolen by the burglars. The victim was later treated in hospital for his injuries.
Police have appealed for information about the incident and two others in Co Armagh on the same night.
Shortly after 9pm two men in their 20s entered the home of a 93-year-old woman in Ballyoran Park in Portadown.
One stayed with her, while the other searched her bedroom and stole a small safe containing a large amount of money and some jewellery. They then left through the front door.
(BMcC/GK)
The SDLP Mayor of Newry and Mourne, John Feehan, said the attack on the elderly man in the Quarter Road in Camlough was one of the most vicious the area has known in recent times.
"This 69-year-old man woke to find a gang of men in his home. They kicked and punched him and beat him with a baseball bat.
"What is really worrying is that the gang stole two guns. They are clearly planning even more serious crimes.
"The whole community has an interest in catching them before they do anything else. Anyone who may have any information about them should make it available to the police as soon as possible," the SDLP man said.
The victim was attacked just before midnight on Tuesday after he woke to find two men in his bedroom, who then threatened and assaulted him. He also heard people in another room where a gun cabinet and safe were.
It is believed two guns were stolen by the burglars. The victim was later treated in hospital for his injuries.
Police have appealed for information about the incident and two others in Co Armagh on the same night.
Shortly after 9pm two men in their 20s entered the home of a 93-year-old woman in Ballyoran Park in Portadown.
One stayed with her, while the other searched her bedroom and stole a small safe containing a large amount of money and some jewellery. They then left through the front door.
(BMcC/GK)
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