The snatcher made away with Rynfield resident Bea Lindsay’s domestic worker’s handbag on May 23.
Lindsay said she heard her worker’s screams at her property’s gate at around 7.20am.
”My neighbours on both sides of me had come to see what the commotion was and, to our disgust, we were told that a white guy in a small white bakkie had driven past her as she was about to get the keys out of her bag, grabbed her handbag, sped down the street and turned left at Rynpark Old Age Home,” said Lindsay.
”Both my neighbours tried to follow the guy, but all was in vain.”
The Benoni resident said the vehicle’s registration number could not be captured, as it had been removed from the back of the bakkie.
The concerned resident said she had to change the locks to doors and security gates, as the man made off with the keys to her house, which were in the domestic worker’s bag.
She believes that this was not the first time the man had targeted someone in the area.
”After chatting to several other domestic helpers in the area, we have determined that this guy drives either a white Corsa or a Bantam bakkie, and targets domestic helpers who have access to the properties,’’ said Lindsay.
”Apparently, he did the same thing to domestic helpers in Goodman Street four times last year.
”One of the helpers, an older woman, was injured when she fell during the altercation between her and the driver of this bakkie.”
Benoni SAPS media liaison officer Lieut Nomsa Sekele said the police are unaware of these incidents, as no one has come forward to open a case.
She urged people who may have fallen victim to come forward and open a case at the Benoni Police Station.
She emphasised the importance of opening a case, regardless of when it happened.
Sekele also said recovered stolen goods cannot be traced to anyone if there is no case.
Lindsay said her domestic worker did not open a case.
