Sean Bates ‘The real hero’
Sean Bates and his mother, Sandra, were attacked in their home by 2 armed men - Sean tells of his ordeal.
POLOKWANE – Safety in mind.
It is with this thought that Sean Bates goes to bed every evening, since he and his mom Sandra live on a small holding in Tweefontein.
“I fell asleep with the light still on. When I heard a door in the house being broken open at around 03:30, I immediately knew there was trouble.”
“I am always expecting problems at night. One hears of so many attacks, therefore I am always alert.”
It was probably this level of preparedness that same their lives when danger came knocking on Thursday evening, April 9.
“I fell asleep with the light still on. When I heard a door in the house being broken open at around 03:30, I immediately knew there was trouble.”
In the following moments, two men barged into his room screaming and shouting, one armed with a hammer, the other with a knife he took from the Bates kitchen.
In the scuffle than ensued, Sean was pushed down on to his bed while his one attacker attempted to hit him with the hammer.
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