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| Pensioner is dragged out of home | Pensioner is dragged out of home |
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| A woman in her 70s has been dragged out of her house during a burglary in Castlewellan, County Down. | A woman in her 70s has been dragged out of her house during a burglary in Castlewellan, County Down. |
| Two men forced their way into the woman's home on the Tullynasoo Road on Wednesday afternoon. | Two men forced their way into the woman's home on the Tullynasoo Road on Wednesday afternoon. |
| She struggled with the intruders, who ransacked a room, before dragging her out of the house and onto the road. | She struggled with the intruders, who ransacked a room, before dragging her out of the house and onto the road. |
| Elizabeth McGreevy's daughter, Catherine, said her mother suffered cuts to her hand and bruising to her arm during the incident. | |
| "She was able to struggle with them," she said. | |
| "They jammed her in the the door. She fell out through the back door and in the struggle her hand was all cut and her arm was cut. | |
| "She ran out across the road and fell and a car had to swerve to avoid her." | |
| Mrs McGeevy, who is in her 70s, was treated in hospital for her hand injury. | |
| Police are linking this incident to an earlier burglary in Blackwatertown, County Armagh, in which another woman in her 70s was confronted by two men at her Ballycullen Road home. | Police are linking this incident to an earlier burglary in Blackwatertown, County Armagh, in which another woman in her 70s was confronted by two men at her Ballycullen Road home. |
| The woman was threatened by the men but was not physically injured. | The woman was threatened by the men but was not physically injured. |
| They ransacked a room before making off with a small sum of cash. | They ransacked a room before making off with a small sum of cash. |
| In both incidents a black BMW was used as the getaway car. | In both incidents a black BMW was used as the getaway car. |
| You couldn't start to think what was going through her mind but I'm sure it was a desperate ordeal for the lady Councillor Seamus Doyle | You couldn't start to think what was going through her mind but I'm sure it was a desperate ordeal for the lady Councillor Seamus Doyle |
| In the Blackwatertown incident it was observed the men had strong southern Irish accents. | In the Blackwatertown incident it was observed the men had strong southern Irish accents. |
| SDLP councillor Seamus Doyle has known the pensioner who was dragged out her home in Castlewellan for many years. | SDLP councillor Seamus Doyle has known the pensioner who was dragged out her home in Castlewellan for many years. |
| He said: "She has lived in the country all her life and her husband died not all that long ago. | He said: "She has lived in the country all her life and her husband died not all that long ago. |
| "She lived on a farm and was probably used to working very hard and was a very resilient lady herself. | "She lived on a farm and was probably used to working very hard and was a very resilient lady herself. |
| "You couldn't start to think what was going through her mind but I'm sure it was a desperate ordeal for the lady, and when she sits down and thinks about it - it's probably far worse again." | "You couldn't start to think what was going through her mind but I'm sure it was a desperate ordeal for the lady, and when she sits down and thinks about it - it's probably far worse again." |