Beating by masked robbers left victim needing surgery
MASKED ROBBERS left a woman needing surgery after sneaking into her home and beating her.
The 61-year-old victim was threatened at knifepoint, before being punched and kicked by the three men.
The trio entered through open patio doors while the woman was in the kitchen of her home in Mount Pleasant Road, Pudsey, Leeds.
They demanded jewellery and punched and kicked her, causing fractures to both sides of her jaw, a fractured wrist and cuts to her arms. The men dragged the victim upstairs and ransacked her home before leaving with a large amount of Asian gold jewellery.
Police were alerted when the woman was found by her son a short time later.
She was taken to Leeds General Infirmary and underwent surgery to her jaw before being discharged.
Yesterday police released details of the robbery on Friday, August 19, as they sought witnesses.
Detective Inspector Neil Thompson, of Leeds District Crime Team, said: “The men responsible have shown themselves to be capable of a high level of unprovoked violence and they need to be caught at the earliest opportunity.”
The men involved were believed to be white and had their faces covered.
It is thought they used a silver Subaru Impreza stolen during a burglary in Ilkley the day before. It was later found in Bradford.