Police have launched an investigation after a pensioner in Enfield was threatened with a knife as she lay in bed by armed robbers targeting Asian gold.
The 81-year-old woman was in bed at her home in Great Cambridge Road at 9.30pm on Friday (September 20) when two men barged through her bedroom door.
The thugs produced a "sharp weapon" which they then held to her face and threatened her before demanding valuables.
One of the men then forcibly pulled off four bangles from each of her two wrists as the other man rifled through her belongings in the other rooms.
The terrified victim warned that police were on their way and the men fled through a rear garden and climbed over a wall.
She suffered bruising to her arms from the force of the bangles being removed but was otherwise not seriously injured.
In a separate incident on Sunday (September 22), which police believe is linked to the first attack, a 53-year-old woman and her 65-year-old husband were at their home in Cartercatch Lane, Enfield, when three men broke into their home.
One of the suspects began searching the house for valuables, despite the woman's protests that there were none.
She was forced to lead him to the master bedroom and he rummaged through drawers and cupboards - he then slapped her in the face and demanding money.
The victim’s husband was in another room; he was confronted by two men armed with hammers and ordered to get to the floor.
They too demanded cash and gold and threatened to kill him. The three suspects then made off from the location.
They are described as white males, aged between 20 and 35 and were wearing bandanas.
No arrests have been made.
