Carol Milligan, of Primrose, writes:
On September 5 I had the misfortune of becoming a statistic.
This happened when two guys forced my helper into the house.
They went straight through to the main bedroom and demanded cellphones, jewellery, guns and money.
These robbers are using a new technique, as they gain entry to your home without any weapons or tools.
They merely use what they find in your home;in my case it was two pairs of scissors.
The robbers are malicious and will not hesitate to hurt you if you don’t respond and refuse to do as they say.
I plead with all the people who are home in the day to please be careful.
Lock the doors when exiting or entering the house,even if you are just hanging washing on the line or taking out the rubbish bags.
They seem to know everything about the household and appear to watch your every move before they strike.
This guy even knew that my husband had passed away and was no longer there.
They come into your house and have a guy on the outside with whom they communicate via a cellphone.
This person is there to warn the robbers inside if anyone, be it a neighbour or SAPS officer,is heading to their location.
Despite all this, I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the Primrose police for their prompt response.
The officers were at my house within minutes.
The police, unfortunately, were unable to catch the robbers, due to the fact that we were only able to contact them once the intruders had already left.
The officers handled the situation and my family, which includes my helper, with the utmost compassion and respect.
They even went above the call of duty and brought a pastor to the house to console my helper.
At the time of the incident I was distraught and I never took the time to get all the officers’ names.
The Primrose SAPS need to know they are doing an awesome job and I, for one, feel safer knowing that they are out there.
For people living in the Primrose East area there are telephone numbers which we can dial, which will get the police to us quickly.
It was brought to my attention that dialling 10111 is a long way round and wastes time.
The numbers I was given are 071 675 6864/5, and I wish to make these numbers available to as many people in the Primrose area as possible.
