A 78-year-old Princes Town pen­sion­er was at­tacked by ban­dits, tied up and robbed in her home short­ly af­ter mid­day on Tues­day.

The vic­tim told po­lice that around 12:10 pm she was sit­ting in her gallery on the up­per floor of her home at 5th Com­pa­ny Moru­ga Road when she saw two masked men quick­ly walk­ing up her stair­case. One of them was hold­ing a gun. She got up to run but was ac­cost­ed by the sus­pects and they be­gan strug­gling. She was over­pow­ered and tak­en in­to the house where her hands, feet and mouth were bound with duct tape. She was forced to lie on the ground.

A third sus­pect re­mained in the gallery while the oth­er two ran­sacked the house and stole $2400 and three gold rings. They es­caped through some near­by bush­es.