Dog walker, in her 50s, fights for her life in hospital after 'attack' on early morning walk at local beauty spot - as police launch attempted murder probe By Kitty Lawton Published: 08:02 EDT, 25 July 2024 | Updated: 08:06 EDT, 25 July 2024 e-mail View comments A woman is fighting for life after being apparently attacked while taking her springer spaniel for an early morning walk on a quiet country path. The victim who is aged in her 50s was found by members of the public on an isolated track between a sewage works and a railway line. Police are treating the incident as an attempted murder, and officers have been searching for evidence at the scene off Rectory Lane in Brantham, Suffolk.
The woman who has not been named is said to have left her home at 5am on Wednesday to walk her dog. A member of the public tried to help her and dialled 999 after finding her injured and unconscious 90 minutes later with her spaniel unharmed next to her. Police scouring the scene for clues near where the unnamed woman was attacked on Wednesday morning Police at the scene off Rectory Lane in Brantham, Suffolk, where a woman in her 50s was 'attacked' while walking her dog The woman was treated at the scene by paramedics before taken to a specialist head injuries unit at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge.
Suffolk Police said she today remained in a critical condition. The spot where she was attacked was still cordoned off by police today as officers continued searching undergrowth around where s.