Hello All, I think that it's time that we do something proactive. What will be next? Can we meet (soon) as Milner street neighbours and discuss what we can do? Sorry to hear about this horrible intrusion Johan! Johan you have my number, and I have yours, will call you over the weekend to arrange.
On Nov 27, 9:16 am, Johann du Plooy <johanndupl...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. To post to this group, send email to obsnw@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to obsnw-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en
