The woman was having a cigarette outside her front door when one of the three men grabbed her in a headlock and hauled her inside
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#1 A man in a balaclava can be seen grabbing the young woman in a headlock
Horrifying CCTV images have been released showing a group burglars dragging a young women inside her own home before she was threatened with hockey sticks.
The woman, who is in her 20s, was having a cigarette outside her front door when one of the three men grabbed her in a headlock.
She was dragged inside the house in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, where the men, who were all wearing balaclavas, demanded to know where the safe was.
After finding it, the men then loaded the secured box into the victim's own car and sped off.
#2 The group of burglars dragged the woman inside her home and threatened her
The woman, who was not injured in the attack but was left 'very shaken', is shown being grabbed around the head by one of the men after the attack was caught on CCTV.
Police today released details of the attack, which took place at around 10pm on May 14, along with the terrifying images.
Speaking about the attack, the victim - who asked to remain anonymous - said: "The whole experience was very frightening. I am afraid to be alone in the house.
"I would ask if anyone knows anything they contact the police with any information."
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#3 They demanded to know where the safe was before driving off with it in the victim's car
Detective Inspector Pete Frost said today: "I am appealing for anyone who may have seen the stolen 4x4 later that night or since the robbery.
"The vehicle has branding on it so it may look like a hire car to members of the public.
"The wording ‘Brayley Honda St Albans' is printed on the driver and front passenger doors and the website address ‘www.brayley-honda.co.uk' is displayed on the back of the vehicle.
"The safe had nothing of value inside it so may have since been dumped.
#4 The group making off in the victim's brown Honda on the night of the attack
"I am keen to hear from anyone who may have seen the safe, perhaps dumped by the side of the road, or who may have been offered it for sale."
Her car is a brown Honda 4x4 with the registration number plate 8PXB, police added.
A police spokesman said all three of the offenders were white males, adding: "Thankfully the victim, aged in her 20s, was not harmed during the robbery but understandably it has left her very upset and shaken."
