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Absolute *** of our time Pt.MXXVI

By Daggers, in General Chat

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MikeyT

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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/pensioner-beaten-black-blue-four-man-3304224#ixzz2xXUQPr9P

 

Sabina Harrison suffered bruising across her face and the entire left side of her body as a result of the attack in Harehills in Leeds

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An elderly woman was beaten black and blue by a gang of thieves who attacked her for her handbag.

Sabina Harrison, 78, suffered shocking injuries as she was mobbed by four men in broad daylight as she walked to catch a bus.

The attack has left the grandmother of four shaken and scared to leave her home.

“They went for my bag but it was over my shoulder and I had it wrapped around my hand so the more they pulled it, the more it tightened around me,†said Mrs Harrison.

“They kept on until they got me on the ground and then they dragged me along the floor.â€

Mrs Harrison suffered bruising across the entire left side of her body as a result of the attack in the Harehills area of Leeds, west Yorkshire.

She said: “I have two artificial hips so I was very worried about them. It happened so quickly and I didn’t get a look at them. It was just the last thing I expected.

“I didn’t have anything valuable in my bag so I don’t know why they targeted me. I want to just forget about it all and not let this beat me.â€

Police have arrested four youths over the attack so far, and released a shocking photograph of Mrs Harrison’s injuries to encourage the public to come forward with any information.

Her daughter, Sabina Halliday, is backing the appeal.

She said: “We want to prevent this from happening to someone else.

“As a community in a city, we need to make sure that our vulnerable people are safeguarded so that they aren’t afraid of going out in daylight.

“We can’t turn the clock back - but those who were involved need to learn that this is not acceptable.â€

The gang-of-four then ran off while a passer-by called emergency services and Mrs Harrison was taken to hospital.

Mrs Halliday added: “I was the first person from our family to see her and I was very shocked.

“I knew that she had been mugged and had a fall but I was quite alarmed when I saw the extent of her injuries.â€

She said her mother had not been out of the house alone since the incident and still required regular hospital check-ups.

“This isn’t just about an old person losing her bag - that’s the least of it,†she said.

“It’s the impact on her confidence, plus the amount of time it’s taking to deal with the injuries.â€

Four youths, aged 14 to 17, from Manchester, were arrested and released on police bail pending further 1nquiries.

Police are especially keen to talk to the driver of a Mark IV Volkswagen Golf, which was seen on CCTV at the time who may have witnessed the incident.


 

Rincewind

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Not quite the same as an abandoned single mother  living in a flea infested bedsit doing a few hours work in a pub to help pay for the cost of child-care and food for her child.

I would say this woman was in the higher bracket of fraudsters and nothing like  the small percentage who defraud on their benefit claims.It says she was working overseas so assume paying taxes to the country she lived in instead of Britain.

Finnaldo

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Not quite the same as an abandoned single mother living in a flea infested bedsit doing a few hours work in a pub to help pay for the cost of child-care and food for her child.

I would say this woman was in the higher bracket of fraudsters and nothing like the small percentage who defraud on their benefit claims.It says she was working overseas so assume paying taxes to the country she lived in instead of Britain.

No-one said she was representing the majority, he was pointing out that she was a rather unsatisfactory character.

Generally when people say this stuff, they don't believe that it's the majority living like this.

Rincewind

Rincewind

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No-one said she was representing the majority, he was pointing out that she was a rather unsatisfactory character.

Generally when people say this stuff, they don't believe that it's the majority living like this.

I agree. Not the sort of person that we need here.

I may have took it the wrong way because Moose posted it.

It was the wording that confused me.

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Guest MattP

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It's a good job no one ever does that then.

ADK

ADK

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Just goes to show how useless the government is. There's genuinely disabled people being told they are "fit to work" while people like "white dee" and that women are rolling in taxpayers money.

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