96-Year-Old Veteran Attacked By Burglars In Own Home

A former prisoner of war has been left feeling more frightened in his home than when we was imprisoned during the Second World War after burglars broke in and attacked him.

Detectives are currently searching for two burglars who broke into the veterans home in the Yardley area of Birmingham at around 2am last Saturday morning.

They disconnected his phone line and removed his emergency pendant before holding a quilt over his mouth to stop him making a noise as they ransacked the house stealing watches, cash and jewellery.

Speaking to police after the ordeal, the pensioner said:

"I was a prisoner of war in 1943 and believed I was going to be shot, but I was not as afraid then as I now feel in my own home."

A CCTV camera on a neighbouring home caught the two men as they crept through the garden before forcing their way in through a window.

Detectives have released the footage in the hopes someone will come forward with information to help catch the offenders.

Detective Constable Laura Halpin, from West Midlands Police, said:

"I'd ask people who may know who is responsible to think about how frightening this would have been for this man and do the right thing - get in touch with us."