The PSNI in Derry are assisting Gardai in their investigation into a brutal robbery in which two elderly sisters were viciously assaulted by a gang believed to be based in the city.
Suzy Arthur.
One of the sisters, Suzy Arthur, never came out of hospital after raiders threw her to the ground and broke her hip during the raid on 1 July this year.
She died at Letterkenny General Hospital 11 weeks later on Thursday, 10 October.
Gardai believe an English Traveller gang, sometimes based in nearby Derry, are behind the raid on the elderly sisters’ home.
The dead woman’s surviving sister Isa, 91, is still recovering from her ordeal.
The women’s nephew Tom McKean, who looked after the women, paid tribute to Gardai in their efforts to catch the thugs who targeted the elderly sisters.
“I can say nothing but good things about the Gardai which is one thing I cannot say about the men who did this.” said Tom.
“I would appeal to anyone who may have noticed anybody in the area at the time to contact Gardai. Any small detail may help bring these evil men to justice.”
Gardai have also put up posters on roads seeking the public’s health in catching the gang.
