Gardaí appeal for witnesses to burglary
14/02/2005 - 12:22:05Gardaí have appealed for witnesses to an aggravated burglary at a family home in Athlone, Co Westmeath, last night.
Four masked men entered the house in Lady's Well, Glasson, shortly after 8.15pm armed with a sledge hammer, a baseball bat and iron bars.
Two adults and four children were in the house at the time, but nobody was injured.
The burglars escaped with a quantity of cash and some jewellery in a stolen BMW X5 jeep with a '04' registration.
