Police are appealing for public help to catch an armed man who held up and robbed an 86-year-old woman in her Wanganui home.
The woman was alone at her Cornfoot Street, Castlecliff, home on Friday when the offender entered through her back door, holding what she believed to be a knife, demanding her wallet and money, Constable Carla Russell said.
He verbally abused her, but did not physically hurt her before making off with milk, keys and cigarettes.
Ms Russell said police would like to hear from anyone in the area at the time who might have seen a young Caucasian man, of small stature, wearing a long black coat with a hood over his head, acting suspiciously.
- NZPA