Grandmother suffers a stroke after burglar raids Blackburn home
1:00pm Saturday 26th January 2013 in News
A GRANDMOTHER-of-five suffered a stroke moments after she disturbed a burglar ransacking her home.
71-year-old Fatima Patel had been asleep in her downstairs bedroom at her family home in Bold Street, in the Whalley Range area of Blackburn when she awoke to find a man dressed in dark clothing rummaging through her sideboard and belongings.
The terrified pensioner then watched the thief for several minutes unbeknown to him after he switched on the bedroom light.
After letting out a scream, the frightened mother-of-one, who uses a walking stick to get around, chased the burglar as he ran out of her room into the kitchen, moments before suffering a stroke.
Family members woken by the screams then alerted the ambulance service and Mrs Patel was taken to the Royal Blackburn Hospital for treatment.
Mrs Patel condition is described as stable, police said.
Her 23-year-old grandson Arif Adam Patel, said: We are certain the shock of finding someone in her bedroom brought on the stroke.
She told us she watch him looking through the draws before he noticed her.
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Grandmother suffers a stroke after burglar raids Blackburn home