Elderly woman injured in attack

A woman in her 70s was recovering in hospital yesterday from an attack which left her unconscious and bleeding from the throat…

A woman in her 70s was recovering in hospital yesterday from an attack which left her unconscious and bleeding from the throat. She was working in a field at her home on the Carrickmannon Road in Ballygowan, Co Down, when she was assaulted by a man.

When she awoke she found herself locked in a shed and bleeding. It took her 90 minutes to break free.

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