A 64-year-old woman has revealed how she managed to fight off two burglars who were in cahoots with her cleaner.
She put up such stout resistance that although the gang escaped with more than £30,000-worth of jewellery, they did not take valuable items that she was wearing.
Barnet police have warned other householders to beware of the gang, thought to be Romanians and believed to have carried out other burglaries in the area.
The woman, who asked not to be named, said that on the day of the burglary, the cleaner, Maria, had been "on the phone a lot. I was in my husband's office when I thought I heard low male voices.
