Knifeman breaks in to OAP's home as she's being showered by carer

Police are investigating the terrifying ordeal



A carer has told of the moment she came face-to-face with a man holding a knife as she showered a woman in her 80s.

Karen Rewhorn was beginning her daily rounds at a home in Hothorpe Close, Ernesford Grange, on Tuesday when a would-be robber broke in to the house.

After a short confrontation the man left empty-handed, but Karen, who has been a carer for around 16 years, is warning people to be on their guard.

She said: “I was showering the lady upstairs and I thought I could hear noises downstairs, so I shouted down thinking it must be a family member.

“Then I came face-to-face with this person who had started to come upstairs with a knife before he then left.

“I want carers and elderly people to be extra careful. The lady I was with said thank God I was there.”

A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: “We are investigating reports of an attempted burglary in Hothorpe Close, Coventry, between 8.50am and 9.10am on Tuesday October 18.

“No-one has been arrested at this stage and anyone with information is asked to call 101.”

Seems its getting worse here for knife crime when you can"t feel safe even having a bath in your own home..

So much for Camoron's promise to get tough on knife crime!

So much for Camoron's promise to get tough on knife crime!

Or indeed his promise to maintain spending on mental health treatment which has been slashed more than any other part of the health service with the results which we are now seeing on the streets.