Their vulnerable victims have been left physically and mentally scarred by the actions of these cruel criminals.
These North East thugs preyed on vulnerable pensioners. While some subjected their helpless victims to brutal attacks, others saw an opportunity to steal cash and sentimental items from them. One victim handed over £13,850 to a scammer for work which a surveyor found was unwarranted and should have cost £1,200.
Another victim was a 84-year-old who was shot with a BB gun. He will have pellets embedded in his body for the rest of his life as doctors have deemed it too dangerous to remove them. And in a separate attack a 65-year-old victim was convinced he was going to die as a man half his age began laying into his victim for seven minutes in a completely unprovoked attack.
