IN THE NEWS A YEAR AGO: Woman crawls through doggy door to escape armed robbers in Nimrod Park
Once outside the house she jumped over two walls to get help
On May 3, 2017, this was the most popular news around town
A 21-year-old woman crawled through a doggy door and jumped over two fences to escape armed robbers at her grandmother’s house in Nimrod Park on Wednesday afternoon.
At around 12.40pm, the two men jumped over the wall to gain access to the house, not knowing there was someone inside.
“My mom and I arrived from Brits this morning to come and visit my grandmother. My mom and grandmother were out and I was sleeping in one of the guest rooms,” said the woman, who wishes to stay anonymous.
“I heard the dogs barking and I went out to see what was going on. When I approached the front door, I saw the men trying to open the door. The one had a spanner with him and the other man was armed. When they saw me I ran as fast as I could. I didn’t even take my phone with me.”
She managed to climb through the doggy door in the kitchen and ran through the back yard.
“I just heard them yelling to each other, ‘catch her, catch her’ and that’s when I jumped the fence in the back yard trying to get help from the neighbours. I was terrified.”
She jumped over another wall and eventually got help from the domestic worker who phoned the owner of the house and they contacted the police.
According to Kempton Park SAPS officers on the scene, they cordoned off the whole block in an attempt to catch the men. Unfortunately no arrests were made.
“I am just very glad that my grandmother wasn’t alone in the house when the robbers were here. It is the first time in 20 years that they even attempted to break into the house.”
A case of house robbery is being investigated.
