Police have praised the bravery of a seventy-one year old woman who confronted a knife wielding intruder... with a footstool. The man, believed to be of Asian origin, five feet seven inches tall with dark wavy hair forced his way into the home of a seventy-nine year old woman only to be beaten away by the woman's niece who was armed with the footstool.
The house owner and her niece were watching television together when the suspect knocked at the door claiming there had been a motor accident on the road outside. The man then burst through the door and struck the older woman in the face before demanding money from the elderly pair. When he produced a knife the seventy-one year old acted instinctively by grabbing a footstool and hitting the intruder over the head with it.
According to police the knifeman was so taken aback by the tenacity of the woman that he fled empty-handed from the scene.
The pensioners, from Reading in Berkshire, were both injured by the intruder and were being comforted by police after their terrifying experience. The seventy-one year old woman suffered a stab wound to her hand and the house owner was left with bruises. Police said that the incident, which happened on Tuesday 24th August at around 8.00pm, could have been a lot more serious but for the bravery of the two elderly ladies. They are looking for a local man wearing a brown or light beige jacket with unkempt two-inch long dark hair. He is said to be of slim build, in his early to mid twenties and they have issued a photo fit picture of the man they wish to speak to about the incident.
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