A grandfather pulled out of a bath was beaten with a screw driver and restrained in his own home.

The 76-year-old man managed to escape naked and call for help after he tricked the four burglars into fetching him water following a fall down a flight of stairs.

Semi-retired property developer Noor Malik, 76, and his wife Riffat, 64, had just returned home from the doctors when the intruders broke in and demanded cash and jewellery at Blakes Lane just after 10am on Wednesday, July 31.

Mr Malik said: “They broke my bathroom door – it was locked, I was taking a bath. They said ‘don’t speak, shut up’. I said ‘Who are you? Get out’. I was completely naked.

“They pushed me down the stairs. Then they started to fight with me. I said ‘I’m an old man I don’t want to fight’.

“One of them said we have got a job to do we have got to do it.”

The couple, who have lived at the address for 35 years, said £50,000 worth of Indian gold had been stolen – some of it of sentimental value.

A neighbour who saw a bloodied Mr Malik shout for help called the police as the burglars ran out of the home towards the A3.

London Ambulance Service took Mr Malik to hospital, where he stayed for four nights.

He has been left with bruises, cuts and scratches and has had to have stitches as well as a steel frame to support his leg.

He said the burglars were white British men in their early 20s to mid-20s with a “clear, smooth and pinkish complexion” and they all wore three quarter length coats covering part of their faces.

The men had initially pushed in a locked kitchen door at the back of the home and then burst into the bathroom that Mrs Malik had left slightly ajar.

She said: “I heard a very loud noise. I thought people next door were working. Four burglars came in – they said ‘sit on the toilet. Give me money – don’t look up, look down’.

“I told them where it was. It was a terrible experience. But I feel sorry for them – they are going to ruin their lives.”

The family had been burgled 25 years before, when they had not been at home, but said they had felt safe for years and had even left the back kitchen door unlocked for a six month spell once before.

Detective constable Ian Moody said: “This robbery happened in broad daylight in the morning. We are appealing for anyone who may have seen anything to contact us. Both victims have been left extremely shaken by the incident.”

Anyone with information should contact Kingston CID on 020 8721 5849 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

 

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