Aggravated Burglary at Longford Town on the 31/10/16

Gardaí at Longford Garda Station are investigating an Aggravated Burglary that occurred at an apartment complex on Market Square, Longford in the early hours of Monday 31st October 2016.

A mother and her four year old son were at home in their apartment in Market Square, they were both asleep in bed by 10.30pm that evening. At approximately 3am the woman woke up after hearing a loud bang. Two men broke into the apartment through the locked front door, they spoke to each other in Russian. They were joined by a third man who was Irish. The woman was confronted by the men who demanded money. They tied her up with cable ties and assaulted her during the incident.

The men stole a quantity of cash, a purse containing bank cards, a laptop & mobile phones. The duration of the incident took between two and three hours, the woman later attended a local doctor with her injuries.

Description of Men

• 1: Possibly eastern European speaking English and Russian, around six foot tall, normal build, short blond hair, blue/grey eyes and a circular tattoo on his upper left arm wearing a dirty white dust mask over his face.

• 2: Possibly eastern European speaking English and Russian, slightly shorter than the first man but heavier, short thick dark hair and wearing dark clothes.

• 3: The third man was possibly Irish in his late teens or early twenties. He was wearing a blue jacket with black stripes along the sleeves. His hood was up with strings tightened around his face. 

Appeal:

• Gardaí are appealing for anyone with information in relation to the three men involved in this incident to come forward.

• This incident occurred in the early hours of the Bank Holiday Monday of the Halloween Bank Holiday weekend.  Gardaí are appealing to any person who may have been in Longford town area between 1am and 6am on the 31 October to contact Gardaí.

• The items that were taken during this incident have not been recovered – Gardaí are appealing to anybody who may have come across laptops, mobile phones, a rectangular orange wallet with a gold clip and chain or identification, pps cards.  If anybody found these items to hand into their local Garda Station.

• Gardaí are appealing to any person who has information on this crime no matter how insignificant to please contact Longford Garda station, any Garda Station, or to Contact Crime Stoppers.

Longford Garda Station on 043 33500570