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'Angry' pensioner escapes gang | 'Angry' pensioner escapes gang |
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An 82-year-old woman who escaped from a masked gang in her County Armagh home and ran across a road to call for help said "anger" made her able to do it. | An 82-year-old woman who escaped from a masked gang in her County Armagh home and ran across a road to call for help said "anger" made her able to do it. |
Janet Jeannette was in her Tandragee home on Wednesday evening when five men entered, claiming to be policemen. | |
"I said 'you're not the police, you haven't got a yellow jacket and he said we're special police, we're looking for drugs'", she said. | |
While the gang ransacked her home, Mrs Jeannette ran out and raised the alarm. | |
"It was anger that got me going. I can't walk very well," she said. | "It was anger that got me going. I can't walk very well," she said. |
Mrs Jeannette then ran across the the road to a pub to get help. | |
While the landlord rang the police and Mrs Jeannette's son, customers quickly ran to the house. | |
The gang, however, had already escaped. | The gang, however, had already escaped. |
Police have appealed for information about the incident, which happened about 2000 GMT in The Square area of the town. | Police have appealed for information about the incident, which happened about 2000 GMT in The Square area of the town. |
Councillor William Irwin said it was an "horrific incident and a terrible ordeal". | Councillor William Irwin said it was an "horrific incident and a terrible ordeal". |
"Those who carried out this incident are thugs who have no regard for anyone." | "Those who carried out this incident are thugs who have no regard for anyone." |