Police are hunting robbers who left a 92-year-old widow in agony after trying to rip her engagement ring off during a terrifying burglary.
Shocking photos show the bruised and bloodied hand of the pensioner after the trio of yobs struck at her Coventry home on Wednesday.
They used a crowbar to break into her home in broad daylight and tried to prise the diamond ring - given by her late husband - from her finger.
The vile gang eventually fled with more than £1,000 in cash which she had been saving up to buy a new three-piece suite. West Midlands Police has now launched an appeal to track down the callous crooks, who were white and in their 30s.
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