A PERSONAL safety day for elderly people has been organised by Northumbria Police, this month.
The event, in Newcastle East area command, comes as a 15-year-old youth is due to be sentenced later this week for a spate of burglaries in older people's homes in the area.
During late December and early January, the youth was arrested for a number of offences in Monkchester, most of which were burglaries at the homes of elderly people in sheltered accommodation.
He was also charged with a street robbery in which an elderly woman suffered a broken shoulder. He has pleaded guilty to two burglaries, one streetrobbery, criminal damage and theft.
PC Michelle Groch, community beat manager for the area, has organised a crime prevention and safety day at the Monkchester/Kingston Green Community Complex, in Walker, from 10am to 2pm on Wednesday, May 29.
Pensioners interested in attending should call Lawrence Kerrigan on 0191- 211 6269.
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