Don't miss out on the big stories from Manchester's courts with our weekly newsletter A Blitz survivor died of a heart attack brought on by stress after burglars broke into her home while she was there, a coroner ruled.
Maureen Whale, 77, called 999 to report that two men had walked into her house and stolen her handbag just “two minutes ago”.
She was shaking, finding it hard to breathe, and could not speak. READ MORE: Teenage boy in hospital after being set upon by group of 10 youths in 'vicious' attack The operator can be heard calling Maureen’s name and telling her ‘hang in there please’ but she stopped replying.
Police arrived minutes later at her home in Bells Hill, Barnet, north London, where her family had lived since 1928, to find
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