81-year-old hospitalised after vicious mugging
Police have urged senior citizens not to walk to and from town unless with someone else.
A brutal mugging has left an 81-year-old woman hospitalised.
Friends said Hester Kleynhans was walking back to her home at around lunchtime on Friday, after going shopping at a local supermarket. Before she got home, a man attacked her at the Colley Street Bridge, punching her in the head.
SAPS spokesman, Captain V Mbense said Mrs Kleinhans collapsed to the pavement as a result of the blow. She then told her attacker she had no money. He then took her groceries and R50 she had on her, before fleeing the scene.
ALSO READ: Nightmare on Colley Street after house burglary
Friends, who did not want to be named, said passers-by came to her aid and called an ambulance. She is currently in Ward C at Dundee Hospital, and is apparently ‘not doing very well’.
No arrests have been made yet. SAPS has urged the elderly also to ensure they have company when walking to and from town.
RELATED STORY: Colley Street Dundee’s most dangerous road?
HAVE YOUR SAY:
Like our Facebook page, follow us on Twitter and Instagram or email us at dundee.courier@caxton.co.za. Add us on WhatsApp 071 277 1394.
