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Police are describing the attack on a Hamilton pensioner as cowardly.
Sixty-six-year-old Jim O'Malley was bashed as he went through the back door of his shed in Nevada Rd in the suburb of Silverdale, at about nine o'clock last night.
His attackers stole his arc-welding machine, but dumped it as they made their escape.
Mr O'Malley says he did not see the assault coming because it was dark. He says it was a degrading experience.
Police want sightings of a light blue 1980s sedan, possibly a Honda, seen outside the house about four hours earlier.
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