VIDEO: OAP robbed at gunpoint in his Sheffield home
Detectives hunting the yobs have released this e-fit of one the gang.
The robbers smashed their way into the pensioner’s High Green home in broad daylight.
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Hide AdOne man knocked on the door and while the elderly man answered his two accomplices smashed a window and climbed inside.
The trio threatened the man and demanded money – with one, described as wearing a blue hooded jacket, threatening the victim with a gun.
They inflicted what police describe as ‘minor injuries’ on the OAP, before fleeing the property on Charles Square with money.
One neighbour on Charles Square said: “I saw two armed officers running about on the estate just after it went off.
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Hide Ad“We were frightened after it happened – it’s quite a quiet area usually.
“It’s dreadful whoever it happens to, it’s shocking really.”
Another neighbour said: “The police were very quick to respond though, they were up on the Square really fast.
“We’ve asked for CCTV on the Square a few times before but that’s not happened.”
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Hide AdA spokesman for South Yorkshire Police said: “The offenders are believed to have fled the property after taking a quantity of cash.
“The elderly man suffered minor injuries as a result of the incident
“Do you recognise the man?
“Did you see a group of men behaving suspiciously in the High Green area on that Saturday afternoon?”
n Call police on 101 or email [email protected], quoting incident number 677 of February 20, 2016.