Call for crackdown after "heartless thugs" target pensioner and disabled daughter

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Families in a rural area near Portadown say they're living in fear of further attacks after a gang of raiders terrorised an 87-year-old man and his daughter who has Down's Syndrome...


The traumatised woman in her 40s chased three masked men who snatched her precious mobile phone during the incident at 8.30pm on Sunday night.

The intruders tied up her father, ransacked rooms and made off with cash from the house on the Derrylettiff Road.  

Assembly member Jonathan Buckley is a family friend. He wants extra protection for vulnerable local communities...

Mr. Buckley says it's alarming the "heartless thugs" responsible are still on the loose...

 

 

 

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