Man Gets 8 Years For Violent South Shore Home Invasion & Robbery

A man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for a South Shore home invasion and robbery, seven years ago. The victim was a 72-year-old woman with terminal cancer. 45 year-old Brian Hector Oickle appeared in Bridgewater court Monday for sentencing. He was found guilty in July of robbery with violence, breaking into a home and committing a robbery, unlawful confinement and possession of stolen money. Virginia Zwicker was attacked and robbed of her life savings at her home in Chelsea in July 2005.
The court was told Zwicker's wrists and legs were trussed with plastic ties before her attacker disabled the phone and left with the $35,000 he had taken from her safe and $1,000 from her purse. Judge Bill MacDonald says Zwicker was so afraid to stay in her home alone again that she moved in with her daughter.