Manhunt after Essex man is shot through his bedroom door

Victim left with 'life-changing' injuries following armed raid on his home

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Police are searching for two men after a shooting during a break-in at a manor house in Essex on Saturday left the householder in hospital with serious injuries.

The victim had barricaded himself in his bedroom after the armed men broke into The Old Rectory in Sible Hedingham before dawn. He was subsequently shot through the closed door, leaving him with what police describe as "life-changing" injuries to his leg.

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