Vigilante duo arrests Durban North intruder

THE escape of a sneaky intruder was thwarted in Durban North yesterday when two vigilante bystanders apprehended him. The man allegedly fled the home on Conyngham Avenue after he startled the homeowner. Reports have claimed that he was beaten after several other bystanders joined the ‘arrest’.

Lyn Alborough told the Northglen News today that her harrowing experience began at around 2.30pm. She had opened her sliding door a few inches to let her cat out.

Alborough said she left the door slightly ajar for the cat to leave and continued with a home project in the lounge and turned her back towards the door.

“The next minute I saw him leopard-crawling along the floor. I screamed and he stood up and bolted. That was when the two random chaps standing on the corner chased after him,” she said.

When authorities arrived at the scene they found two ‘brand new’ screwdrivers in his possession. According to Alborough, the man claimed to have ‘found them’.

“When we originally asked him what he was doing in my home he told us that he was looking for a job. But his story changed so many times. Later he claimed that he was hungry. He said he saw the open door and was tempted as he thought no one was home,” she said.

A neighbour on Strathearn Road spotted the intruder fleeing the scene, and later found Alborough’s daughter’s laptop hidden in the bushes on her property.