Danielle Liddle , 22 , was beaten with baseball bats and slashed in the face with a butcher 's knife while she was giving birth . A pregnant woman was beaten with baseball bats and slashed in the face with a butcher 's knife when a masked gang burst into her home while she was giving birth . Danielle Liddle , 22 , was about to leave for hospital when five masked men smashed their way into her house in Basildon , Essex , at around 8.30pm using crowbars . She suffered a 'serious head injury ' and may have a fractured skull after the gang attacked her with crowbars and a knife while her two-year-old child was asleep in bed . Her partner Chris Miller , 33 , who was upstairs collecting the hospital bag , came running to protect her and said the young mother is now too traumatised to go back into the house . The mother-of-two was rushed to Basildon Hospital and gave birth to a healthy baby boy on Tuesday despite her injuries . Her partner , who suffered minor injuries in the attack , said : 'This was an extremely traumatic experience for us both . My girlfriend remains in hospital with a serious head injury when she should be celebrating the birth of our child . 'Please help the police to catch these men whose actions have tainted a period of time which should be a happy one for us . ' He told how he had gone upstairs to collect essentials for the hospital after his partner 's contractions started coming every six minutes . 'The next thing I heard a loud smash - like a fish tank shattering , ' he said . 'Before we knew it we had five men in the house screaming 'give us your money ' . They cornered my partner then hit her with a crowbar and bats and cut her across the face screaming and demanding more money . I just threw my arms round her to protect her . They carried on beating us . I was just shouting back at them , 'you are wrong man , she is in labour . 'Me and my girlfriend just started screaming and shouting for help . ' The men grabbed the couple 's iPad , a Sony Experia mobile phone and £60 in cash and then ran off . The young mother suffered a fractured skull after the masked gang attacked her in her home in Beambridge ( pictured ) , Essex . The 22-year-old was rushed to Basildon Hospital ( pictured ) and gave birth to a healthy baby on Tuesday . Police are now hunting the five men , all ages in their twenties with local accents , who broke into the home in Beambridge , Pitsea , on Monday night . Three of the men wore balaclavas and dark clothes , a fourth gang member was white and the fifth was mixed race . Mr Miller said : ' I ca n't even describe to you how angry I am . My partner is too traumatised to even go back to our home . She is going to need counselling to help her get through this . To do this to a woman who is in labour - it 's sick . ' Her sister said : 'They attacked her with crowbars , baseball bats and cut her face with a butchers knife . 'She was screaming for them to stop as she was in labour but this did not stop them . Luckily my two-year-old nephew was asleep upstairs and slept through it . 'My sister has had her face stitched but now discovered she may have a fractured skull . ' Detective Inspector Joel Henderson , from Basildon CID , said : 'This was a shocking attack on a young woman who was in labour . It is vital we get those people responsible off the streets of Basildon . ' Anyone with information can call Basildon CID on 101 . A GoFundMe account has been set up my mother-of-two Joanne Ahrens , who is aiming to raise enough money so the young couple can rent a new house and install a good security system . To donate , please visit the page here .
Chris Miller , 22 , was beaten with baseball bats while giving birth . Gang of five men broke into her home in Essex and demanded money . They attacked 22-year-old while her partner Danielle Liddle was upstairs . She suffered a 'serious head injury ' and may have fractured her skull . Young mother gave birth to a baby boy on Tuesday despite injuries . Police are now hunting five men , aged in the twenties , involved in attack . GoFundMe page has been set up to raise money for young couple .