Eisenhower’s driver dies after attack in home for £40 and his bus pass

THE family of a 90-year-old Second World War veteran, who died after being violently robbed in his home, appealed for help yesterday to catch his killer.

Geoffrey Bacon was ambushed at the doorstep of the flat in Camberwell, south London, where he had lived for more than 40 years. The widower suffered a broken hip as his attacker ransacked his Peabody Estate home and escaped with just £40 (€50) and his bus pass. He was left banging the floor of his hallway with his walking stick for half an hour to raise the alarm.

Police said Bacon, who once worked as a driver for United States General Dwight Eisenhower, spent 11 weeks in hospital before dying on August 5. A post mortem examination found he died as a direct result of the attack almost four months earlier.