Pensioner crawled for help after being ‘left for dead’ in his home by raiders

A pensioner who managed to crawl from his home to get help following a violent raid has said his attackers “left me for dead”.

Seamus Lawlor, 75, had his arms and legs bound by four masked men who entered his home at Bennettsbridge, Co Kilkenny, in the early hours of last Saturday.

Mr Lawlor, a curator at the Nore View Folk and Heritage Museum, was listening to local radio when the men burst into his house and began demanding money.