Older couple subjected to ‘terrible ordeal’ after masked men broke into home

Police said the armed intruder threatened the occupants, demanding money, before the two men ransacked the property and pulled the home phone cord from the wall. File picture: Niall Carson/PA

An older couple have been put through a “terrible ordeal” after masked men forced their way into their home, police said.

Two men, one of whom was armed with a hurl, forced their way into the house on the Carrickasticken Road in Forkhill at around 12.15am on Tuesday.