A couple in Bury, England, were attacked and robbed by a gang of masked men armed with baseball bats during a home invasion. The incident occurred while the couple was watching a Manchester City game on TV.
A couple were terrorized in their own home as masked men armed with baseball bats stormed in and attacked them. The husband and wife were hit with a baseball bat after a gang of three broke into their home - a ‘semi-rural’ property in Ramsbottom, Bury. They had been watching a Manchester City game on TV when the ‘nightmare’ unfolded, Minshull Street Crown Court heard. “It’s the sort of thing you would see in a movie, but for us it was real life,” the woman later said.
The gang fled with two Rolex watches, a wedding ring and cash. One of them, 35-year-old Anthony Corkovic, was caught after his blood was found. He had bled after becoming embroiled in a struggle with the man, who stepped in to protect his wife. Corkovic, from Salford, has been handed an extended sentence for public protection. Prosecuting, Graham Rishton said the victims were both watching City’s League Cup tie against Newcastle United on September 27, 2023. The husband was watching in the lounge, while his wife had gone upstairs to bed as she was feeling unwell. He said: “As the match approached half time, at about 8.45pm, a nightmare unfolded.” Three men wearing balaclavas had broken into the house, some armed with baseball bats. One of them told the victim: “I don’t want to hurt you, but I will. I want your f****** safe. Where is it? You try and get up, I’ll smash you on the kneecaps.” One member of the gang told him they’d ‘done their homework’ and knew ‘he and his wife have money’. The man told the gang he had a Rolex watch and he was ordered to hand it over. At one stage, one of the intruders went upstairs. The man’s wife had fallen asleep after initially watching the match in the bedroom. She was awoken to find masked men in her room. “This is no joke,” one of them told her, adding: “Get out of bed.” She was allowed to get dressed before her husband went upstairs
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