Pensioner clobbers conmen with her walking stick

A SPIRITED pensioner drove off two burglars by whacking one with her walking stick.

I was furious, the plucky 77-year-old said.

I didn t think about what I was doing. I was just so mad.

The little woman reluctantly let one of the men into her home early on Tuesday after he claimed to be from the water company.

While he occupied her in the kitchen, an accomplice slipped in and made an untidy search of the living and bedrooms, taking milk money and some small items.

Police immediately issued a don t let them in warning.

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The raid is believed to be linked to similar incidents in Hastings and Rye. Men answering the same description had escaped with 120 from a wallet in a bedroom after tricking their way into a property at Barnhorn Road on Saturday afternoon.