Pensioner, 73, savagely beaten after confronting vile thug who was urinating on her home
A PENSIONER was subjected to a savage attack when she confronted a yob she found urinating up the side of her house.
Pensioner Kathleen Maccuish and the scene of the attack
Kathleen Maccuish was left black and blue after being grabbed by the arm, thrown to the ground and then punched in the face by the cowardly thug.
The 73-year-old suffered bruising to her eyes, nose and mouth as well as cuts and swelling to her face and right arm.
Police said the elderly woman was returning to her home in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, after taking her dog for a walk when she saw the man and asked him: "What do you think you are doing?"
Kathleen Maccuish
He then launched the brutal attack on the pensioner before running away.
The incident happened be 8.15pm and 8.25pm on Saturday September 10.
Officers said the attacker was a slim white man in his early 30s and about 5ft 10in tall.
He had short dark hair and was clean shaven and was wearing a blue t-shirt and dark jeans at the time of assault.
Kathleen Maccuish was badly bruised in the savage attack
This was a sickening and unprovoked attack on an elderly woman that has left her shaken and anxious about going out
Greater Manchester Police have launched an investigation to trace the man.
PC Michelle Farmer said: “This was a sickening and unprovoked attack on an elderly woman that has left her shaken and anxious about going out.
"It is fortunate that she was not seriously injured."
Kathleen Maccuish has been left afraid to go out after the brutal attack outside her home
She added: “I would like to appeal to anyone who was in the area at the time, and may have seen anything that can help find this man, to come forward.”
• Anyone with information should call police on 101 or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.