Masked robbers beat elderly couple as they slept

8:36pm Monday 9th July 2012 in News

Three masked men broke into an elderly couple’s home as they slept before assaulting them and forcing them to open their safe.

The trio beat the pair with a weapon and made off with what officers have described as a “large quantity” of cash.

Police are appealing for witnesses to the robbery at a property in Ashington, West Sussex, in the early hours of today (July 9).

The victims, who are both in their 60s, have described two of the suspects as black but added that all three had their faces obscured by scarves.

Detective Sergeant Alex Lowe said, "This is a particularly nasty crime. The victims were at home in a quiet rural part of West Sussex and were attacked at night and assaulted.

“I urge anyone with any information about this matter to contact West Sussex CID and quote Operation Markfield or alternatively Crime Stoppers on 0800 555111."

Comments(11)

mimseycal says...
10:09pm Mon 9 Jul 12

My heart goes out to this couple. Hope they catch the poor excuses for mothers' sons that did this.

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lordenglandofsussex says...
10:36pm Mon 9 Jul 12

When they are caught theses filth should hang.

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Ligand Fields says...
10:57pm Mon 9 Jul 12

Why did the couple have a large quantity of cash in a safe in their house? And how did the masked men know it was there?

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Titch94 says...
11:28pm Mon 9 Jul 12

This was horrible, the couple were taken to a hospital that I was in, the burglars used a croe bar to assualt them, disgusting attack, should be locked but we all know how it works they will only get 200 hours community service and maybe a small fine

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Sticky-mess says...
6:38am Tue 10 Jul 12

Titch94 wrote:
This was horrible, the couple were taken to a hospital that I was in, the burglars used a croe bar to assualt them, disgusting attack, should be locked but we all know how it works they will only get 200 hours community service and maybe a small fine
If the police can even find the culprits

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Dirk Von Roden says...
6:43am Tue 10 Jul 12

Perhaps they have a large house or thay are known to have had a business or they were seen collecting money for the purchase of a large item ? in any case that is none of anyones business I just hope the miscreants get caught and the elderly couple recover without thinking all folk are bad!

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BURIRAM says...
6:52am Tue 10 Jul 12

Ligand Fields wrote:
Why did the couple have a large quantity of cash in a safe in their house? And how did the masked men know it was there?
With the interest rates so low and the fact Banks can't be trusted

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Ligand Fields says...
9:11am Tue 10 Jul 12

BURIRAM wrote:
Ligand Fields wrote: Why did the couple have a large quantity of cash in a safe in their house? And how did the masked men know it was there?
With the interest rates so low and the fact Banks can't be trusted
The government desposit scheme guarentees anything under £50 grand! Did they have more than £50 grand in their safe at home? The mind boggles.

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mimseycal says...
9:33am Tue 10 Jul 12

Who knows Ligand and quite frankly it is none of our business.
If, as you appear to be trying to suggest, the couple had the amount of cash they did have either as a result of, or due to, nefarious activities that is a police matter.
Further, had there been any suggestion that such might have been the case, do you honestly think that this would not have been pointed out?
After all, Argus reporters, if many a poster on here is to be taken on face value, tend to use any and all salacious factors to present a story, we would have been told. For no other reason than that it would have made the article more sensational.

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Ligand Fields says...
9:39am Tue 10 Jul 12

It's just a cut-and-pasted police press release, there's no Argus input at all except "Ctrl+X" and "Ctrl+V".
Otherwise it would be tagged by "Ben Parsons, Nose for Crime Reporter" or "Emily Walkers, Big Cheese & Onion"

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Ligand Fields says...
9:44am Tue 10 Jul 12

Anyways, I'm sorry if I implied this vast stash of cash might not be legit. I'm sure HMRC and the VAT man have already taken their share. All I can do is apologise and say in my defence that I've been watching too many episodes of The Professionals and The Sweeny. This is what nobody tells the truth about: the influence that television has over people! I'm sitting here, typing all this calumny on the Argus, and I'm thinking "it's *television* that has brought me to this!!"

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