Thanks Carys, we are fine and not going to let these guys get the better of us!
As for the times, we have been targeted at 5am, 6:45am and now approx 8:30pm. These are all times we were at home. 2009/11/27 Walsh, Carys <carys.wa...@kpmg.co.za> > 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. 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