Burglars snatched a panic alarm from an elderly woman during a break-in to stop her alerting others.
A woman heard a noise then spotted four men in her bedroom in Old Field, in Little Milton, at around 8pm.
They grabbed her panic alarm pendant from her neck and £25 from a purse then fled.
About half an hour later, a woman in Cullum Road, Wheatley, heard a noise and pressed her panic alarm.
The police arrived to find that someone had attempted to force open the downstairs bedroom window.
Earlier that evening the woman saw a man aged in his late 20s and wearing a baseball cap at her front door.
Anyone with information should contact police on 08458 505505 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
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