Shame that is terrible. I am glad you are all right.
The same thing happened to a friend in Woodstock - they were all at home, bath time for their kids etc - 6:30pm at night. And he just happened to step outside to have a ciggie & a guy was on his way up his stairs into the house. Luckily the intruder got a fright & ran away. But this all seems to fit in with something that was on carte blanche a couple of weekends ago - apparently criminals realise that people put their alarms, beams etc when they go to sleep at night. So now the criminals are targeting houses between 7pm and 12pm - when people are at home & busy doing things but are unlikely to have their alarms or beams on. Not really sure what the answer to this is unless we all intend to barricade ourselves in our houses from the minute we get home from work - quite difficult to do when summer is coming on & the evenings are so lovely! Regards, Carys Walsh Senior Tax Consultant International Executive Services KPMG Services (Pty) Ltd PO Box 4609 Cape Town 8000 Tel: +27 21 408 7468 Cell: +27 83 440 2054 Fax: +27 21 408 7100 carys.wa...@kpmg.co.za P Please consider the environment before printing this email ________________________________ From: Johann du Plooy [mailto:johanndupl...@gmail.com] Sent: Fri Nov 27 2009 09:17 To: obsnw@googlegroups.com Subject: [obsnw] Intruder/attempted burglary 16 Milner Rd AGAIN At approx 8:45pm as we were sitting down to dinner, we heard a noise from our bedroom, barely 3m away. Immediately, I tried the door but it was locked from the inside, a room we had excited barely a few minutes ago. It was obvious someone was inside our home. I pressed the panic button and I unlocked and rushed out the front door to cut the intruder off. An intruder had entered our home while we were inside through the sash window and we suspected he was still inside, but the room was still dark and we could not see inside. A security guard from Vetus Schola was on the scene in a flash and soon afterward Chubb and the Police arrived. The Police entered the locked room through the window, but the intruder was already gone.The intruder seemed to have fled over our back wall as a search of our property and our neighbours revealed. The intruder did not have the opportunity to steal anything because his noises alerted us immediately. Approx twenty minutes later, after the Police and armed response left we heard clear footsteps on our roof. We called Chubb armed response and the Police again. Our back neighbours' security light went on and the dog at our neighbours diagonally behind us barked. The intruder had hidden on our roof until the Police had left and then made his getaway. This is scary stuff. One thing that I recalled later and should mention is that the intruder defintitely has a lookout who whistles in a loud bird call to warn the person breaking in. I heard the same whistle during the burglary at c/o Lower Wrensch when the burglar made his getaway. Despite the intruder getting away, he came very close to being caught this time, but the incident shows his arrogance. We also thank our neighbour, Richard, the Police, Vetus Schola and Chubb for their fast response and support. I would seem this is these are the same guys targeting Lower Obs and they are getting very desperate and brazen as we enter the festive season. Please be very vigilant and careful! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. 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