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A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after an elderly woman was attacked on a London street. | A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after an elderly woman was attacked on a London street. |
Ann Driscoll, 82, was stabbed nine times in the neck and stomach as she walked home from shopping in north-west London on Monday. | Ann Driscoll, 82, was stabbed nine times in the neck and stomach as she walked home from shopping in north-west London on Monday. |
Police seized the 22-year-old man in the early hours of Friday at an address in Harlesden and he is being held at a north London police station. | Police seized the 22-year-old man in the early hours of Friday at an address in Harlesden and he is being held at a north London police station. |
Mrs Driscoll is described as "stable" in a north London hospital. | Mrs Driscoll is described as "stable" in a north London hospital. |
She was found covered in blood in Fortune Gate Road as she attempted to stagger home to her husband. | She was found covered in blood in Fortune Gate Road as she attempted to stagger home to her husband. |
Mrs Driscoll had visited Tesco in Harlesden High Street at 1420 BST before travelling on a number 18 bus. | |
It is believed she was attacked in Burns Road at about 1500 BST. She then staggered to Fortune Gate Road where she was helped by a member of the public. | |
Her husband, Cornelius, said she would not go out without him before he was made housebound by an illness because she feared being mugged. | Her husband, Cornelius, said she would not go out without him before he was made housebound by an illness because she feared being mugged. |
On Thursday, detectives published several CCTV images of Mrs Driscoll walking into a branch of Tesco, as part of the hunt for her attacker. | |
They have appealed for anyone who saw Mrs Driscoll in Harlesden High Street or Burns Road to contact them. | They have appealed for anyone who saw Mrs Driscoll in Harlesden High Street or Burns Road to contact them. |
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