Pensioner, 84, fought off burglar who broke into her house by hitting him with heirloom walking stick

A plucky 84-year-old drove an intruder out of her home in the middle of the night by repeatedly hitting him with her father's walking stick, a court heard.Frail Doris Thiele refused to be intimidated when she caught serial burglar Leon Ingram, 34, searching the house she shares with her daughter Helen.Furious at seeing their Hampshire home invaded, the two women grabbed burly Ingram in a