Arrests Made After Black Country Armed Robbery
11 February 2019, 14:35 | Updated: 11 February 2019, 15:04
West Midlands Police are questioning seven people after an armed robbery at a home in Oldbury, where a pensioner was stabbed.
It happened in Titford Road around 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The offenders fled with jewellery, an iPhone and £700 cash and left the victim with wounds to his head, face and throat;
The victim - a 71 year old man - remains in a serious condition in hospital.
Detective Inspector Jacqui Nicholson from force CID, said: "This was a grotesquely violent attack on a man in his own home…we suspect the robbery was targeted and not a random attack.
“We’ve responded quickly to make several arrests but we’d still appeal to anyone who was in the area at the time that might have seen anything, to get in touch as soon as possible."
