COVENTRY MESSAGE BOARD

A Coventry woman in her 80s was seriously injured after being dragged down her hallway during a violent break-in



Coventry Police has released CCTV images of a man who may hold information about the terrifying attack.

The incident occurred on Cannon Hill Road, Canley, on Saturday, September 22.

Coventry Police said: “Do you recognise this man? He may know about a robbery on a woman in her home.

“Two men walked through a gate at the side of the house between 11.10am and 12.20pm and broke in through a rear window.

“They ransacked the house before attacking the woman who is in her 80s.

“A bangle was taken from the woman and she was dragged down the hallway.

“She suffered serious and painful injuries to her wrist as a result.

“The two men then drove off in a dark coloured VW Golf towards Kenilworth Road.

“Anyone with information can contact us via Live Chat at west-midlands.police.uk between 8am to midnight, call 101 anytime or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 giving crime number 20CV/217166H/18.”

Thugs attack frail widow, 87, in her Coventry home after life-saving operation



EARLY October is normally a time of birthday joy for a frail old lady now in the autumn of her life at 87.

Mrs Kaur spent much of this year in hospital battling life-threatening heart and kidney diseases.

She nearly didn’t make it. At one point doctors thought she had just days to live.

But she is a fighter and was discharged into the care and love of her daughter’s home in Cannon Hill Road, Coventry, to start her recuperation. There was still much to celebrate.

That hard-earned reprieve was short-lived, shattered along with a kitchen window as heartless thugs smashed in and attacked her while she was in the bathroom.

Demanding to know ‘where is the gold?’ they dragged the defenceless widow across the hallway, stuffing her headscarf into her mouth to muffle her screams.

“Mum has difficulty breathing because of her illness,” her daughter said:

“She told me that was the moment she thought was going to die and would never see us again.”

Her two attackers were remorseless.

They spotted a bangle on her wrist and cruelly wrenched it off, causing her hand to swell to the size of a melon and a wound which left a trail of blood across rooms and hallway.

At this time of year, Mrs Kaur’s delicate hands would normally be occupied knitting jumpers for her beloved grandchildren for Christmas.

But that looks unlikely this year given the injuries inflicted by the two robbers.

Her injured hand still gives her pain but she manages her porridge breakfast one-handed and finds added sustenance in admiring the bounty of bouquets and cards that crowd the kitchen table.