15-month-old girl held at knife-point during armed raid

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A 15-month-old girl has been held at knife-point during an armed raid.

A burglar pretending to be from a water company tied and bound a 31-year-old woman at her home in Uxbridge, west London, holding a knife to her toddler daughter's throat.

The suspect demanded valuables and was later joined by a woman who helped search the house during the raid on Friday evening last week.

Two people arrived at the home of a 31-year-old woman in Harlington Road in Uxbridge at around 5pm on Friday, 31 October.

After answering the door and going to the kitchen the victim heard her 15-month-old daughter scream. She turned around and saw the man holding a knife to her young daughter, before asking: "Where is the gold?"

Detectives have issued an E-fit image of one the suspects Credit: Metropolitan Police

The terrified mother's wrists and ankles were tied up and her daughter was put in the bathroom.

The man was then joined by a female accomplice and they began to search the house, eventually making off with jewellery.

The mother and daughter were found by neighbours after 50 minutes.

  • White, aged in his early 30s

  • Approximately 5ft 10ins tall

  • He had a goatee beard and a neck tattoo and spoke with a local London accent

  • He was wearing a blue-coloured fleece with a short sleeved high-visibility jacket

  • Dark trousers, black shoes and a woolly hat

Anyone with information can call DC Anji Dawson at Hillingdon Police Station on 020 8246 1529.