Woman’s attackers on the run
'When I regained consciousness, the men had pinched most of my belongings.'
No arrests have been made after an elderly woman was recently attacked and robbed at her home in Jan Smuts Avenue in Irene.
“Police came to my house and took a statement on the public holiday [16 June ],” said the 78-year-old victim, Pearl Schnelle.
She said a policeman told her the robbery was being investigated, but no arrests had been made.
Schnelle was robbed at gunpoint by four men at her home in Jan Smuts Avenue on a Wednesday three weeks ago.
“It was around 22:20 when I took out the garbage. I walked back to the house and as I was locking the burglar gate, four men came running in my direction,” said Schnelle.
She said the men broke her lounge window and made their way inside her home.
“I was terrified. I thought the men were going to rape me,” she said.
Schnelle said the men knocked her out.
“When I regained consciousness, the men had pinched most of my belongings.”
“The men took jewellery, a cellphone, clothes and a laptop,” she said.
When Schnelle regained consciousness, she called her neighbours who alerted police.
She said her daughter drove from Johannesburg to take her to hospital.
“Monitor.Net and the police arrived and my daughter gave them a statement.”
Monitor.Net spokesperson Paul Gerber said a cellphone and personal items were stolen. A laptop was found outside the residence.
Lyttelton police could not confirm the robbery at the time of going to print.
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