article_snippet: An 83-year-old Alzheimer's sufferer who was left with horrific injuries after 'pure scum' burglars stormed her home and attacked her was beaten so badly that her family feared she was dead.
article_snippet: Detective Sergeant Jim Casey, of the Metropolitan Police, added: 'This was a vicious and cowardly attack on a vulnerable elderly lady. '
highlights_snippet: Alzheimer's sufferer beaten so badly that her family feared her was dead .
  
highlights_snippet: Mother, who lives on her own, found lying in a pool of blood by daughter .
  