Two men burgled a pensioner's home (From Witney Gazette)

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2:57pm Monday 11th December 2006 in Witney

TWO men burgled a pensioner's home in Bampton on Wednesday last week.

Police are appealing for information, after the house was burgled in Manor View, Bampton.

At 4.45pm on Wednesday, the elderly resident found a man in his lounge, and confronted him.

The man said he was working on windows in the area.

He was told to leave. He then ran out through the front door.

A second man then ran from the rear of the house out through the front door.

The first man was white, stocky, between 30 and 40 years old, and was wearing dark clothes.

The second man was white, slim, in his early- to mid-twenties, and about 5ft 7in tall. He was wearing a dark suit.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact PC Kevin Middlecote, at Witney police station, on 08458 505505.