claw hammer

POLICE were today searching for a claw hammer that may have been used to attack a pensioner at her home.

The 15-year-old and a friend challenged the thug, but the man took out a claw hammer and swung it at James, narrowly missing his head.

Newcastle Crown Court heard that Shane Grey leapt over the counter of the shop and, holding the claw hammer to the manageress's head, forced her to hand over more than pounds 2,000 from the till.

They were terrified at seeing Chambers with a claw hammer and Mrs Wall collapsed as she dialled 999.

Mr Cole said there were signs of a struggle and wounds consistent with being struck by a claw hammer but no weapon was ever found.

In the horrendous assault he punched and kicked his lover, striking him with the claw hammer in the legs.

The claw hammer was left at the scene and is being forensically examined.

Bingo caller Peter White, of Berth y Glyd, Old Colwyn, is alleged to have had a claw hammer during a burglary on Monday and to have stolen 36 tablets.

A man who swung a claw hammer at a police officer will spend his second consecutive Christmas behind bars.

TWO brothers who raided a betting shop armed with a claw hammer to settle a drug debt were jailed yesterday - one indefinitely for the protection of the public.

James McIvor and Andrew Hollern, both 23, killed their victim with a claw hammer, a knife and a sword.

A GRANDMOTHER died of fright after a man battered her window with a claw hammer, an inquest heard.

DETECTIVES are trying to track down a thug who threatened a Solihull shop worker with a claw hammer.

Robert Brown, 47, bludgeoned millionairess Joanna to death with a claw hammer in their family home as their two young children cowered in the playroom.

A MAN was attacked with a claw hammer after answering a knock on the door during the early hours.