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07/04/2014
Police Search For Three Men Following Hammer Attack
Birmingham police are looking for three men after an elderly woman was hit with a hammer in an attempted robbery in her Sparkbrook home.
The three men broke into a flat above a business premises on Ladypool Road at around 6.30pm on Friday 7 February, where the 66-year-old woman was attacked. The blows left her with a cut to the side of her face and broken teeth.
Her screams alerted her son-in-law from the shop below and the men fled empty-handed.
Detectives immediately launched an investigation and house to house enquiries were carried out along with forensic tests on evidence found at the scene.
CCTV images of three men have now been released whom officers would like to speak to.
Investigating officer DC Andrew Mason said: "This was an excessive attack on a defenceless woman, who fortunately will recover from her injuries.
"We would like to hear from anyone who saw anything suspicious on that evening, or anyone who can recognise the men in the CCTV images."
(CD)
The three men broke into a flat above a business premises on Ladypool Road at around 6.30pm on Friday 7 February, where the 66-year-old woman was attacked. The blows left her with a cut to the side of her face and broken teeth.
Her screams alerted her son-in-law from the shop below and the men fled empty-handed.
Detectives immediately launched an investigation and house to house enquiries were carried out along with forensic tests on evidence found at the scene.
CCTV images of three men have now been released whom officers would like to speak to.
Investigating officer DC Andrew Mason said: "This was an excessive attack on a defenceless woman, who fortunately will recover from her injuries.
"We would like to hear from anyone who saw anything suspicious on that evening, or anyone who can recognise the men in the CCTV images."
(CD)
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