Man held after woman, 88, suffers 'brutal' assault in house raid in UK

Police investigating what they described as a brutal assault on a pensioner in her home have arrested a man.

Man held after woman, 88, suffers 'brutal' assault in house raid in UK
Sun, 27 Aug, 2017 - 10:18

Police investigating what they described as a brutal assault on a pensioner in her home have arrested a man.

The 88-year-old woman was asleep in bed at her home in Chorley, Lancashire, when she was woken at around 12.30am on Saturday to find a man assaulting her and demanding money.

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