A man suffered a suspected heart attack after he was threatened by a masked gang in his own home.
John Moore, 63, told how five men wearing hooded tops and scarves across their faces battered down his door in Holmebridge in the early hours of Saturday.
The gang demanded money and threatened him with a knife and a fireman’s axe – the same one he had given to alleged scrap collectors just days before.
One of the gang’s hoods fell off and his scarf slipped down and he barked at John: “Don’t look at me or I will ****ing kill you.”
After about 10 minutes searching his home the gang – thought to be high on drugs – left his home, grabbing a video camera as they fled, laughing.
Shocked and unsure what to do John, who had stents inserted for heart problems six months ago, called his son Theo, 32.
Theo dialled 999 but the pair had to wait around three hours for police to attend. Officers blamed a “busy night.”
By the time police had arrived John was panic-stricken and feeling unwell and officers called paramedics who sent him straight to hospital.
It was there he was told by doctors he had probably had a heart attack.
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