Woman giving birth attacked by robbers with baseball bats after they burst into her home

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A pregnant woman in labour was attacked by robbers with baseball bats after they burst into her home.

The 22-year-old was about to leave for the maternity ward when the terrifying ordeal began.

Her partner was upstairs at the house at Basildon in Essex getting her hospital bag when the masked gang smashed their way in using crowbars.Despite the woman's contractions, they beat her and slashed her face with a knife.

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The five attackers stole a computer tablet, mobile phone and £60 cash.The woman, who has not been identified, later gave birth to a healthy baby at Basildon Hospital.