Two teenage boys have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a pensioner died following a robbery at her home, the Mirror reports. Joy Middleditch, 82 passed away two days after two masked thugs forced their way into her home in Suffolk and knocked her to the ground.
A concerned family member went round to her home and found Mrs Middleditch lying on the floor of her home in the early hours of Saturday the March 25. The mum-of-three was taken to hospital but died on the Monday as police confirmed they had launched a murder probe following the 'vicious and cowardly' attack on the frail widow.
The force confirmed that a 14-year-old boy and a 15-year-old boy were both arrested from the Lowestoft area and are being questioned at Martlesham Police Investigation Centre. Suffolk Police said that Mrs Middleditch had heard a noise at her door in Grayson Avenue, Pakefield when two masked males forced entry into her home and knocked her to the ground.
