Masked gang attacks elderly couple during Rochester burglary

An elderly couple was targeted in an aggravated burglary at their bungalow home in Rochester, Kent, the Daily Mail reported. The incident took place on the evening of January 12 when a woman in her 70s stepped outside her property to put out a rubbish bag. [1]

According to the Daily Mail, CCTV footage captured a masked man accosting the woman and wrestling her to the ground. Another man then rushed into the house while a accomplice dragged the woman back inside the property. [1]

Other men followed the group inside the house and closed the patio door behind them to begin the robbery, the Daily Mail reported. The intruders sprayed CS gas into the husband's eyes and attempted to remove rings from the woman's fingers. [1]

As FTMQ News reported earlier, police across London and the Home Counties have faced criticism over a series of violent burglaries, with gangs using tools like crowbars to break into residential properties. [3]