THE police are seeking information about a burglary from a house in Cheltenham in which the resident was injured.

The burglary occurred at about 12.50 on the afternoon of Wednesday, April 15 in St Michael’s Road when the resident arrived home and discovered two males in the house, one of them walking downstairs with a black holdall belonging to the resident.

The victim attempted to grab the holdall, which got dropped, and was struck on the wrist by the offender, receiving a fractured wrist.

The offenders shouted to each other in a foreign accent, and were possibly speaking another language. The offenders ran out and escaped via a side door. One of them may have been wearing black gloves.

The offenders, who were possibly of east European appearance, are described as: aged 25 – 29, 5’ 11”, with a rounded jaw line, slim, short brown hair, wearing a light blue T shirt with a black motif and red detail, dark jeans and white trainers and aged 23 – 27,   6’ 1”, bald, stocky, wearing a dark T shirt, dark trousers, with a tanned complexion and has a European accent.

Anyone with information about this burglary is asked to contact Gloucestershire Police on 101 quoting incident 184 of 15 April and Crime CR/008433.