NSW:Former treasurer's wife tied up and robbed

AAP General News (Australia)
04-14-2011
NSW:Former treasurer's wife tied up and robbed

The wife of former New South Wales treasurer MICHAEL COSTA has been held up inside
her home by an armed man .. who tied her to a chair and threatened her with a knife.

Two small children were inside the home at Millfield .. in the Central Hunter .. at
the time of the invasion but they were unharmed.

Police say officers went to the home of DEB COSTA at about 8.40 on Monday monday morning
after the couple's four-year-old daughter called triple zero.

When they arrived they discovered 40-year-old Ms COSTA tied to a chair and treated
her for minor injuries to her wrists.

The robber is described as Caucasian of medium height and build and was sporting a
goatee beard .. he fled the scene in a blue-coloured 2007 model Honda Civic with NSW registration
BDY-26D.

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KEYWORD: COSTA (SYDNEY)

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