Burglars wake up Portsmouth pensioner in her home and 'cover her mouth'

The incident happened at a home in Queens Road, Portsmouth, at around 1.25am today.

Burglars forced the back door open and the victim, who is a 78-year-old woman, woke up to two men upstairs who covered her mouth.

She was left with a small cut to her nose.

A spokesman for Hampshire Constabulary added: ‘The men carried out an untidy search before leaving, nothing was taken.

‘The victim described the men as white and being aged in their late teens. One was wearing grey and the other a black hooded top.

‘We have not received any other similar reports in the area.’

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