Domestic Watch meetings in March

Penny Steyn, founder of the workshops, has noted that the previous month’s topic on electricity and cable theft was a great success.

Steyn had the presenters filmed and the lectures are currently being processed into a DVD and will be available for R60.

This month’s focus will be on the criminal profiles of house robberies. Steyn will show court footage in the workshops of a domestic worker standing in court for being involved in her employer’s house robbery.

Steyn stated that the domestic worker was allegedly paid by a man in a tavern to give information about her employer’s belongings, what was worth stealing and the household movements to do the crime.

Steyn also noted that unfortunately the meetings that were held in Parktown North at the Methodist Church had been cancelled due to lack of support from the community.

“Small groups will never bring down crime in any suburb. After 14 years of running these meetings, I closed this suburb with a very heavy heart,” she said.

Domestic Watch workshops have been scheduled for the following suburbs in the Rosebank Killarney Gazette’s distribution area:

19 March: 2pm at St Paul’s Church, 58 12th Street, Parkhurst

24 March: 12pm at the the War Museum, Eastwold Way in Saxonwold

24 March: 10am at the Rosebank Union Church, corner of Sandton and William Nicol drives

25 March: 10am at the Emmarentia Sailing Club, Low Geldenhuys Drive

27 March: 10am at St Columba’s Church, Lurgan Road in Parkview.

27 March: 12pm at Wesleyan Church, corner of Beaumont and Norfolk avenues in Craighall Park.

Details: Penny Steyn 082 461 6968; madpenny@absamail.co.za