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16.05.2022 - 19:15 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A pair of thugs who carried out a terrifying late night robbery at the home of two elderly women have been jailed for a total of almost 15 years.
Brandon Boyd, 26, and Conor Clark, 27, were described as "buzzed up" following the raid at the farmhouse in Dumfries on June 13 2019.
One of the victims was so scared, she pretended to have a seizure hoping the men would leave them alone.
Boyd and Clark today returned to the High Court in Glasgow having earlier admitted being involved in the assault and robbery of where Margaret Muir, 89, and 69 year-old Mary Copmartin stayed.
The duo had initially denied the crime and gone on trial until a former co-accused gave evidence against them.
Lord Fairley jailed Boyd, of Mauchline, Ayrshire, for six years and 10 months.
Clark, of Dumfries, was sentenced to eight years after jurors heard the raid had been his idea.
The judge told them: "The expressions of remorse you have apparently since expressed are very difficult to reconcile to the trial that I observed.
"Your expressions of regret for what you did have been a very long time in coming and I attach very little weight to them.
"This was a despicable and cowardly crime which was an affront to civilised society."
Margaret had lived at the farmhouse for several decades and had recently been widowed.
The women were asleep when the duo and an accomplice smashed their way in with one armed with a crowbar.
The victims had their hands and arms bound with cable ties as the robbers rummaged through the house.
They eventually got their hands on a large haul of jewellery, watches, cash and mobile phones.
The court heard a number of the items were of great sentimental value to Margaret.
She was unfit to give evidence during the trial, but moving
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