A 68-year-old woman was smashed in the head with an axe as she tried to stop a man robbing her store.Ann Sage, who runs Craven Street Stores in Melton with her husband Richard, was rushed to hospital with a gash to her head after the incident, which happened at 5.15pm yesterday.Richard, 69, said: "The man came into the shop wearing a hood and a handkerchief around his mouth."He had gloves on and was carrying a rusty axe."He jumped over the counter where the girl at the till was...
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