A 76-YEAR-OLD woman who confronted two men in her garden was held back as one of them went into the house and stole her purse.
Despite the level of force police said the incident, in Old Bank Lane, near Queen's Park Hospital, Blackburn, was being treated as burglary as it just fell short of being a robbery.
The woman spotted the men in her garden on Wednesday at 2.35pm.
One of the men twisted her arms behind her back while the other one went into the house and stole her purse, containing £40.
They fled down Haslingden Road towards Grimshaw Park.
The men were described as white, in their teens to early 20s and had Irish accents.
Call Blackburn police on 01254 51212 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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