'She has ruined my life, I'm in constant pain - I only tried to help her' - vicious robber's victim
A stroke survivor battered in her own home with her walking stick by a woman who knocked on her door asking for water said the vicious attack "has taken my dignity".
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The 60-year-old stroke survivor opened the front door of her Wolverhampton home on May 31 to find Tracey Ashley outside asking for a glass of water because 'she was homeless'.
After receiving the water Ashley, 52, asked for money, then when the homeowner offered her 60p she pushed her way in, took £5 from her pockets and ran away.
A few hours later she returned claiming she 'wanted to apologise' then threatened to kill the lady, punched her in the face and smashed her repeatedly on her head with her own walking stick.
Her blood-covered victim was only saved from further injury when a carer intervened.
Ashley, of Chatwins Wharf, Tipton, was given a six-year prison sentence at Wolverhampton Crown Court for the robbery in May as well as for barging into an 81-year-old man's home in January and stealing £150 from him.
