Armed robber's knifepoint raid on Aston pensioner

Police said the robbery happened at Mansfield Road at 4.55pm on Tuesday after the woman living there answered a knock at the door.

“On opening the door, a man pushed her back into the house, threatened her with a knife, and demanded money,” said a spokeswoman.

“The elderly woman managed to get into the kitchen and close the door.

“At the time of the incident, her friend - a 75-year-old man - was sitting in the living room.

“He was also threatened with a knife and told to hand over his wallet.

“The elderly man said he didn’t have a wallet and then called out to the woman to call the police. 

“At this point, the offender left the property empty-handed.”

Police said they wanted to find and speak to two people who were at the bus stop across the road, near Florence Avenue, at the time and may have witnessed the suspect leaving the property.

No description has been given of the robber.

Anyone with any information is asked to please call 101, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111, quoting incident number 526 of November 27.