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08/05/2008 02:14 PM - (SA) Robbery mayhem 08-05-2008
"We didn't know if we would live or die!" Alf said this week, reliving the traumatic incident on Monday when armed robbers held him and his business partner, Mark Dewing, at gunpoint for an hour at 2 Rhone Close in Onverwacht, Strand. Mark had been working on his laptop, in front of an open sliding door, when two men, wearing balaklavas and gloves and brandishing firearms, burst into the house at 19:00. They held a gun to his head and forced him into the lounge where Alf was watching TV. The robbers repeatedly threatened to kill them and ransacked every room in the house. After locking them up in the bathroom and taking the key, the robbers fled the scene in Mark's green Uno, packed with items they had stolen. Among the goods they took were cellphones, clothing, all Mark's leather jackets, his whole DVD collection as well as a unique DVD recorder and surround sound system, a new vacuum cleaner, and several bottles of whiskey. After hearing them drive off, Alf used a towelling rail to break open the bathroom door. The SAPS later found the Uno abandoned in Lwandle. Alf has warned his neighbours to be more aware of the spate of crime in the area. He also wants the open erf between Saxenburg Street and Broadway closed off and has urged other residents to join him in starting up a Neighbourhood Watch in the area. Phone him on 082 767 8897 if you are interested. Anyone who can assist in the investigation, can phone Constable Hamish Beukes on (021) 854-9144. Just four days earlier, robbers used the same modus operandi to rob the Coetzee family at a nearby house at 12 Saxenburg Street on Thursday, May 1. Another Onverwacht resident, Annemarie Kirstein of Elim Street, had two burglaries at her house in just four days. That same day, there was also a burglary at a house in the nearby Boschendal Street.
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