Saturday 18 May 2013
Police are appealing for information after a gang of men forced their way into a house in Newtownabbey last Friday.
A number of men forced their way into the Dorchester Avenue house, pushing a woman in her 40s to the floor and searching rooms.
The gang was then chased from the property by the 18-year-old son of the house.
It is understood the burglars made off with cash and gold jewellery.
A man in his 50s and a woman in her 60s also in the house at the time were not hurt.
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