VIDEO: Elderly woman hijacked in the Western Cape

According to a post on YouTube by Crime Watch, 86-year-old Sue Smuts had just returned home from grocery shopping when she was approached by a lone suspect on Wednesday, April 29. In the video, the man is seen knocking on Smuts’ car window before putting his hand through a small opening and yanking the woman out of the vehicle.

The man is then seen driving off while a stunned Smuts struggles to get up. Another man approaches her and helps her up. It is believed the assailant made off with Smuts’ white Fiat Uno and about R271 worth of groceries. Western Cape police spokesperson Captain FC Van Wyk said a 37-year-old man has since been arrested.

Watch the video here.

“Two on-duty detectives spotted the stolen vehicle in Macassar [and] decided to monitor the vehicle. The suspect returned to the vehicle and drove off,” he said.

The suspect drove to Parow area, where he was arrested, and was detained at the Somerset West Police Station, he added.

In July last year, an elderly woman was hauled from her vehicle during a hijacking in Roodepoort on Gauteng’s West Rand. The woman had been hijacked by two or three men on Ontdekkers Road, between Crane Street and Mouton Road after leaving the bank. The incident was said to have taken took place close to the illegal taxi rank that has developed at the intersection of Sonop Street and Ontdekkers Road. A hijacked vehicle was later recovered.

– Caxton News Service