Four armed gunmen storm Westville family’s home
The father and son were tied up while the rest of the family and their domestic worker were forced to lie on the floor.
WHILE lounging outside by the pool at the weekend, a Westville family was accosted and robbed by a group of four armed criminals.
According to reports, the family was sitting on the veranda near the pool when the four suspects charged at them with guns.
ALSO READ: Two burglars apprehended in Pinetown
They forced the family indoors. The father and son were tied up and the rest of the family was ordered to lie down on the floor.
The domestic worker was also on the property and brought into the house.
“After ransacking the home, taking numerous items including laptops, plasma TVs, a vacuum cleaner, cellphones, jewellery and watches, which were removed from the victims’ wrists, the gang fled,” said Blue Security’s community and media liaison officer, Andreas Mathios.
No shots were fired and no injuries were reported. Westville SAPS attended the scene of the crime and are investigating.
Caxton Local Media Covid-19 reporting
Dear reader, As your local news provider, we have the duty of keeping you factually informed on Covid-19 developments. As you may have noticed, mis- and disinformation (also known as “fake news”) is circulating online. Caxton Local Media is determined to filter through the masses of information doing the rounds and to separate truth from untruth in order to keep you adequately informed. Local newsrooms follow a strict pre-publication fact-checking protocol. A national task team has been established to assist in bringing you credible news reports on Covid-19. Readers with any comments or queries may contact National Group Editor Irma Green (irma@caxton.co.za) or Legal Adviser Helene Eloff (helene@caxton.co.za). At the time of going to press, the contents of this feature mirrored South Africa’s lockdown regulations.
