Man ‘fled attack on pensioner with parasol’

A man who attacked a pensioner with dementia in her own home is believed to have fled the scene with a garden parasol, police have said.

The incident happened between 1:45am and 2:45am on Sunday at the 85-year-old’s home in Hawthornhill Road, Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire.

She was taken by ambulance to the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley, where she was last night being treated for head and facial injuries.

Hospital staff described her condition as serious but stable.