Francois van Niekerk, 26, and his girlfriend, 22, were still awake when their small dog started barking at 3am.
“At the time I didn’t think much of, I didn’t react,” Van Niekerk said.
“The suspects started to try hammer down the door to our house, I armed myself with a fragment of the door. I was trying to keep them out and they were trying to get in.”
Van Niekerk said he managed to push his couch in front of the door which acted as a barrier and made it difficult for the suspects to enter.
“They threatened to shoot me and were smashing all the windows. I tried to negotiate with them, but they persisted. They wanted to come inside.”
Van Niekerk said the suspects would demand items, which he would pass to them through the broken door.
“They were armed with a wheel spanner and would strike me through the door. They started finding random objects, which they threw at me.”
Van Niekerk was taken to hospital after the ordeal and was treated for a large head wound, a deep gash in his arm, which needed five stitches, while the other arm received two stitches. He also had a cut on his lip which received seven stitches. “
“I have shallow gashes all over me,” he said.
Van Niekerk said his girlfriend was not injured during the ordeal, but was very traumatised. “We will be looking to move,” he said.
He said he had spotted the same suspects on his verandah some two weeks ago. “They got rattled and ran off when they saw me,” he explained.
Van Niekerk said the ordeal lasted about 20 minutes, and the suspects took a tablet, an iPhone and a cellphone.
Midrand Police spokesperson, Constable Matome Tlamela confirmed the incident and said the two suspects were armed with a wheel spanner and knife.
The suspects allegedly gained access to the property by cutting the electric fence.
