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To: JustPiper

Yep.
Disgusssting.


3,289 posted on 04/04/2005 2:02:23 PM PDT by Cindy
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"105-year-old woman terrorised by burglars"
This is London | Evening Standard ^ | 4/4/05 | Jo Pearson

Posted on 04/04/2005 1:35:36 PM PDT by LibWhacker

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The first pictures have been released of the 105-year-old woman who died after being targeted repeatedly by burglars.

Amelia Whale, shown here celebrating her 100th birthday, refused to move from the home she shared with her younger brother Leonard in Islington, despite four break-ins in 18 months.

Police installed security bars and CCTV last year after the third burglary. But that did not stop Bernard Gallagher, 23, and Mark O'Brien 26, raiding her home last September and stealing £2,000.

The men were captured on CCTV.

The pair, both travellers, were caught on camera and traced to a campsite. They now face jail.

But Miss Whale, known to her friends as Dolly, will never see them receive justice. She died from natural causes last month after living in fear. Her friends and family said she never recovered from the trauma of the break-ins - and have called for lengthy jail sentences to be imposed."


3,291 posted on 04/04/2005 2:10:42 PM PDT by Cindy
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