Woman needed surgery after Ingoldmells caravan park robbery

Police are investigating

A holidaymaker said she's suffering from flashbacks after being robbed while on holiday in a caravan park.

Dorothy Butterworth has vowed never return to Ingoldmells after the incident happened last week.

Lincolnshire Live reports she was left needing surgery when she suffered a torn ligament and extensive bruising to her face and legs at the hands of her attacker.

The 69-year-old was in the popular village with her husband Walter at The Grange Holiday Park when the robbery took place last Wednesday.

She told the BBC: "I am having flashbacks and when I see doors I keep imagine the lad running through."

The couple had opened their caravan door to let in some air and when they went to close it the robber forced his way in stealing her wedding ring along with cash and a gold watch.

Mrs Butterworth, from Pudsey, West Yorkshire, said: "He got hold of my shoulder and pushed me.

"I've been told I could have blanked out because I didn't feel it until I tried to move and then I was screaming with the pain it was that bad."

The BBC says it is understood a number of other caravans were also broken into on the same night, and Lincolnshire Police are investigating.