Thieves try to tie up one-year-old baby during raid

THIEVES tried to tie up a one-year-old baby girl during a robbery in Co Armagh, police said.

The armed gang bound a mother and her seven-year-old son with masking tape during a raid at their home on Sheetrim Road, Middletown, at around 8pm on Saturday.

The three intruders, two bearing handguns, also tried to tie up the one-year-old girl before escaping with a small sum of cash.