Elderly lady hit partner on head with a hammer after he tried to save her from falling out of bed

When a man from Holly Hill, Florida, tried to help his longtime partner who was falling out of bed on Thursday, the woman slapped him and later attacked him with a hammer, police said.

Anna Robertson, 83, was charged with battery on a person 65 years or older and aggravated battery causing bodily harm. Initially jailed without bail, Robertson was later released on her own recognizance.



Police said they were called to the home at 7:04am where Bobby Miller, 80, reported that Robertson was falling out of bed and he tried to help her but Robertson slapped him in the face, bending his glasses and causing his eye to swell. Miller said he went to the living room to watch television and 30 minutes later, Robertson came into the living room and hit him on the head with a hammer.

Robertson told police Miller insulted her by calling her a degrading name, so she hit him on the head with the hammer. Police said they found the hammer on a counter in the living with a small pool of blood underneath it. Miller, who said he had been living with Robertson for more than 40 years, had a swollen left eye and a lump on top of his head.