Machete-wielding burglars stole the a woman’s life savings which was being kept for her vulnerable son during a terrifying robbery in Wigan.
The incident happened on Beacon Road in the Bickershaw area at around 11.20pm on Tuesday (December 21). Three men armed with pepper spray and a machete entered a home and demanded the victim - a woman in her 60s - hand over cash from a safe. READ MORE: Disabled mum distraught after Nationwide outage 'will see her family go without Christmas dinner' The safe contained at least £50,000 which had been saved to support her vulnerable son in the future.
The victim had collected the money for when she would be no longer able to care for him herself. Following the robbery, the men fled on foot towards
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