Paul Debenham like to preys on the elderly – and threatened a 96-year-old woman with a hammer

A ‘despicable’ burglar who robbed an elderly couple at gunpoint and threatened a 96-year-old woman with a hammer has been jailed for 12 years. Paul Debenham, 30, forced his way into a house in Spur Road, Orpington on 31 October last year. Debenham threatened a 78-year-old man with a handgun. He then pushed the terrified pensioner’s 76-year-old wife to the floor before stealing their car. Two days later Debenham used a brick to smash a glass panel in the back…

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