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03/02/2006
Glengormley couple tied up during robbery
A couple in their 60's have been robbed in their home in Newtownabbey.
The incident, which happened on Wednesday night, was only reported to police yesterday.
A gang of up to four men, one of whom was armed with a handgun, forced their way into their home on the Hightown Road in Glengormley at around 9.30pm. They were tied up and the men demanded cash and the combination to a safe.
The husband was punched in the face before the gang made off with a substantial sum of money.
The couple managed to free themselves a short time after the incident and police have said that they had been left "extremely traumatized" by the ordeal.
This is the latest in a recent spate of attacks on the elderly in the County Antrim area.
(EF/SP)
The incident, which happened on Wednesday night, was only reported to police yesterday.
A gang of up to four men, one of whom was armed with a handgun, forced their way into their home on the Hightown Road in Glengormley at around 9.30pm. They were tied up and the men demanded cash and the combination to a safe.
The husband was punched in the face before the gang made off with a substantial sum of money.
The couple managed to free themselves a short time after the incident and police have said that they had been left "extremely traumatized" by the ordeal.
This is the latest in a recent spate of attacks on the elderly in the County Antrim area.
(EF/SP)
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