A 71-year-old Homelake resident was attacked with a garden fork while confronting an intruder in his garden.
The incident occurred at approximately 07:30 on Thursday, July 29 and left the homeowner with several injuries after fighting off the attacker.
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The victim told the Herald he luckily wasn’t hit in the face or upper body.
It happened after my wife and I waited for our domestic worker to arrive. When my wife told me about a stranger in our garden, I went outside and confronted the intruder.”
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Read the full interview with the brave resident in the Herald‘s August 20 edition.
