A SENIOR citizen and his four contract workers were held up at his Vista Drive home in Glenvista after four armed men pulled up in a black BMW, on Wednesday, March 30.
According to the senior citizen’s son, his father and one of the contract workers arrived at the house at about 11:00. “My dad went straight into the house while his workers began to unload the bakkie. Seconds later a black BMW 3 series drew up outside the house with four men armed with guns.
“The four men took one of the workers into the house and made the other three workers and my dad lie down on the floor. Their hands were all tied up with cable ties. They took my dad’s cellphone, wallet and bakkie keys. One of the armed men looked through my dad’s wallet and asked him where the rest of the money was, he told him there wasn’t any more money. The man then kicked my dad in his face,” he told the CHRONICLE reporter.
The four suspects then fled the house. “They tried to take the bakkie but it has a steering lock, so maybe they thought they may not have time to get it open,” said the son.
“My dad ran out of his house and to a neighbour to call me on my phone. I live close by so I arrived within a minute. My dad was badly shaken up and lost a tooth in the attack. I phoned the police and they arrived quickly. A D&D patrol vehicle was driving past so I flagged them down.”
The senior citizen was taken to the Netcare Mulbarton Hospital for medical treatment.
According to the son, his dad is renovating his home. “We do worry about loiterers who sit along Vista Drive under trees, doing nothing but watching life go by. I’ve phoned Mondeor SAPS a few times to report the loiterers but I’ve been told they are allowed to sit on the pavements as it is municipal property.”
A resident of Vista Drive, who wishes not to be named, was on the scene and said he drove past the house which was targeted at about 10:45 and saw a black BMW parked across from the house on the veld next to the scout hut. “There was definitely three men in the vehicle, could have been four, and the front seat passenger put his head down when I drove past. I was going slow as I’d just come round the bend and I did think it was a bit suspicious but often there are vehicles parked there and always men sitting under trees in the vicinity.”
Mondeor SAPS have been asked for comment.
