Man robbed and assaulted in his Prestwick home
A hunt is underway in Prestwick after a man was robbed of a 4 figure sum of cash and cut with a knife in his own home yesterday afternoon.
A wheelchair user is being treated in hospital after he was attacked by thieves in his own house.
The 55-year-old victim answered the door of his home in Wallace Court, Prestwick, South Ayrshire, to a woman at about 4.30pm on Sunday.
As they spoke, a man pushed his way into the house, attacked the wheelchair user with a knife and demanded money.
The couple stole more than £1,000 and made off from the property.
The victim was rushed to Ayr Hospital for treatment to a neck injury and remains in a stable condition, police said.
Detectives believe it was a targeted attack.
The thieves are both white and in their early forties. The man is about 5ft 10ins, slim and was wearing a blue beanie hat, jeans and a blue fleece.
The woman is between 5ft 6ins and 5ft 8ins, slim and with long dark hair. She was wearing a dark jacket which may have had white writing on the back.
Detective Inspector Alan Sommerville said: Thankfully the man was not seriously injured during the attack but it was a terrifying and very nasty experience for him.
I do believe that he was targeted and would appeal to anyone who recognises the descriptions, who may have seen the couple hanging about either prior to or after the robbery, to contact police.''
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