Three masked men armed with baseball bats invaded a couple's home in Ramsbottom while they were watching a Manchester City match on television. The gang demanded access to the couple's safe and stole valuables including Rolex watches, a wedding ring, and cash. One of the intruders was identified through blood left at the scene.
A couple were victims of a horrifying home invasion when three masked men wielding baseball bats broke into their 'semi-rural' property. The terrifying incident occurred while the pair were at home in Ramsbottom watching a Manchester City match on television, a court was told. The ordeal left them battered and bruised after the gang demanded access to their safe and made off with two Rolex watches, a wedding ring, and a sum of cash.
'It's the sort of thing you would see in a movie, but for us it was real life,' said the traumatised woman following the attack. The culprits managed to escape, but not before one of them, Anthony Corkovic, 35, was identified through blood left at the scene after a tussle with the husband who bravely tried to defend his wife. Corkovic has been handed an extended sentence for public protection. Prosecuting at Minshull Street Crown Court, 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 upstair
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