An 84-yr-old woman who was held with a knife at her neck along with her 79-yr-old brother says they were both terrified during the hour-long ordeal, during which a robber threatened to stab them if they didn’t give him cash.
The thief also cut the phone line and removed light bulbs from fixtures in the house during the incident.
Mary O’Halloran, who is recovering at her home in Ballyphehane after being released from hospital, said it was a shocking experience for both of them.
Ella’s brother Gerry de Ella is still being treated at Mercy University Hospital following the traumatic incident in which a masked man threatened them with a knife at Gerry’s home on Boyce’s Street in Gurranabraher in North Cork.
The thug made off with cash but thankfully neither sibling was badly physically injured.
A GoFundMe page was set up for the siblings and raised a very fetching amount of money for the pair.
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