Catch the thug who did this to a 76-year-old mother, family urges

The elderly Asian woman was robbed of cash and jewellery when a thief forced entry into her home in Harlow Road, Lidget Green, Bradford in the early hours of Monday, May 13.

She suffered a broken nose, dislocated jaw, fractured left wrist and a suspected eye socket fracture.

Her daughter, who asked to remain anonymous, said: “My mother was an independent woman who would regularly walk for miles or catch a bus to go somewhere.

“She went outside for the first time since the attack two days ago and she was very frightened. She won’t answer the door to anyone who calls at her house any more.

“She still suffers from severe migraines and tinnitus and is constantly on medication. She will never recover from this.

“My father suffers from Parkinson’s and had gone into a home eight months before. We didn’t tell him about the attack straight away and it was just horrible to watch them both crying when we took him to see her in hospital.

“He was so sad that he wasn’t able to protect her. It was a horrific and cowardly attack. My poor mother was left for dead. She tried to tell him: ‘just take what you want’, but he kept on hitting her.

“There are people in Bradford who know who the attacker is. How would he or they feel if that sort of thing happened to their mother?

“None of us have or will ever get over this and we are desperately appealing for anyone with information to come forward.”

Temporary Detective Chief Inspector Tony Nicholson said: “This was a particularly nasty attack in which the victim suffered extensive injuries.”