Plea to find grandmother's killer

Dorothy "Dolly" Cheval suffered an "unprovoked attack"

The daughters of an 84-year-old woman who was murdered on her doorstep have described the killer as "sick" and have warned it could happen again.

Dorothy "Dolly" Cheval was found on 26 July with head and body injuries outside her home in Merlins Court, Beaudesert, Leighton Buzzard, Beds.

She was taken to hospital where she died the following day.

Daughters Veronica, 60, and Jacquline, 56, said: "If this has happened to her, it could happen to somebody else."

Posters appealing for witnesses who may have seen anyone acting suspiciously have been put up in the area.

Bedfordshire Police said a motive for the unprovoked attack was still unclear.

'Sick person'

Veronica told how she tried, at her mother's hospital bedside, to find out what had happened.

She said: "I was trying to get mum to give me the name of the person who did this, but she couldn't talk.

"Only a sick person could have done this to her. Anyone in their right mind wouldn't have done this to an animal, let alone a person."

Jacquline urged the public to help find the person responsible.

She said: "It makes me feel sick. Someone knows something about why this happened. It doesn't matter how small the information might be, if you saw something, please tell us.

"She was a wonderful mum, grandmother to four girls and great-grandmother to five girls and three boys. So many people, both family and friends have been affected by her death."

"Don't let the person responsible get away with this."