| An engagement ring and a pocket watch belonging to the Fintry woman’s late husband were taken during the burglary, which left her “really upset”.
“It was terrible,” said the woman — Dundee’s oldest crime victim.
“If I could get my hands on them I’d wring their neck.”
The woman, who asked to remain anonymous, told the Tele the incident was particularly traumatic because she was still recuperating from a fall just days before that had left her requiring hospital treatment.
“It was a nasty fall, but I am doing better,” she said. “When I saw what that I’d been robbed, it was another upset, but I hope that will be the end of it now.”
The plucky pensioner, who turns 101 in January, had been recuperating at a friend’s house before last Thursday’s break-in and it is thought the culprits may have noticed the house had been unoccupied.
The woman, who lives with her daughter in the Finavon Terrace property, had been in the house until 2pm and returned home around 6pm to find the thieves had taken a pane of glass out of a window to gain access.
The house had been thoroughly searched for jewellery, but nothing else was missing.
“I was very upset when it happened and I am still upset,” said the pensioner. “This type of thing never used to happen, but it seems to be a lot more common now.
“My husband had the pocket watch ever since I met him and it has a lot of memories.
“I remember when we were first together he kept showing it to me all the time until I was sick looking at it!
“But since he died it has taken on great sentimental value and I’m sad to be parted from it.”
Her daughter added, “It was not a huge amount of jewellery, but it is more the thought that someone has been in the house.
“It has been a terrible couple of weeks for her, but hopefully things will improve.”
The news of the break-in comes in the wake of several incidents in Dundee where criminals have targeted the elderly. |
