Bingham residents have spoken out about an "absolutely terrifying" rat attack on a disabled pensioner while she slept. Diana Kirk, 79, was hospitalised after being discovered by her husband John Kirk at 5.45am on Monday, May 9 at their home in Ringwood Road in the town.
Diana sleeps in the living room of their home, has brain damage and is cared for by her husband, along with a care team who come to their home - John had heard the rat moving around overnight, before coming downstairs and realising his wife had been attacked by the rodent, which was later caught and killed. Pictures of Diana showed the shocking injuries she received as a result of the attack.
Mr Kirk said: "I've never seen anything like the injuries she had - you can see how bad they were from the pictures. It was absolutely savage. I went and knocked on the door of the young girl over the road as she is also always up early and so she helped. They took Diana to the Queen's Medical Centre and she came back on Thursday night.
