Disabled woman robbed in Down

Police were today hunting two robbers who pinned down a woman confined to a wheelchair during a raid on her home in Co Down.

Police were today hunting two robbers who pinned down a woman confined to a wheelchair during a raid on her home in Co Down.

The men confronted the 59-year-old woman at the house on Stricklands Bay, Bangor just before 9pm last night.

A police spokesman said one held the woman down while the other searched her home.

They escaped with cash and a handbag which was later recovered by police.

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Examinations were being carried out on it as part of the investigation.

Police said the woman was not physically hurt but left badly shaken by her ordeal.