An elderly woman has been hospitalised after falling victim to a "savage" attack by a rat while she slept. Diana Kirk was left with shocking injuries after she was discovered by her husband at 5.45am on Monday, May 9 at their home in Ringwood Road in Bingham. Please be aware that this article contains a graphic image of the injuries caused.
76-year-old Diana Kirk has brain damage and sleeps downstairs in a hospital bed. She is cared for by her husband John Kirk, 85, along with a care team who come into their house to help out. Mr Kirk says he was asleep upstairs when he first heard a rat "scratching around" by his feet, saying he could not see it well given how dark it was but that it was clearly a large rodent.
Then, at around 1.30am, he noticed it again, before he fell asleep and woke up as normal just before 6am. When he went downstairs and checked on his wife in their living room, he then saw what it had done to Diana and immediately called for the ambulance, which arrived at around 8.20am. Pictures which have been shared with the permission of Mr Kirk show the extent of her injuries after the incident.
