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Clubbed armed burglar flees

POLICE want to speak to a man about an aggravated burglary in Berwick in December.
On 13 December about 9.30pm an elderly man and his ill wife arrived home in Harkaway Road.
Police said as the couple walked inside their house they were allegedly followed by a man carrying a knife who demanded money.
The man pushed the woman onto the couch and her husband hit the man on the back with a golf club, causing him to flee.
The man is described as Asian, aged 18 to 20, about 177cm, slim, and wearing a long thigh length hooded top, black track pants and dirty white runners.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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