ELDERLY GROCERY STORE OWNER SUFFERS FROM SHOCK AFTER COMING FACE-TO-FACE WITH THIEF

 Cyprus Mail 16 August 2020 - by Staff Reporter

A small grocery store was broken into on Sunday in the Paphos village of Giolou.

According to police the alarm sounded at lunchtime and the 84-year-old owner ran to see what happened.

She saw the thief trying to unplug the TV and run away, carrying a host of other items which police did not specify.

The 84-year-old owner suffered from shock and later gave police a description of the attacker and the vehicle he used to get away. Residents of the area also gave police statements from their eyewitness accounts.