Domestic worker injured in home invasion

Blue Security Managing Director Henk Van Bemmelen said robbers had targeted homes in Glenmore and Carrington Heights when domestic workers were alone on properties during the day. “A domestic worker was assaulted during a home invasion in Kinmont Crescent when robbers jumped into the house through an open window and attacked her. She was taken to a nearby hospital for medical treatment,” he said. “The robbers fled with a television a watch and two cellphones.”
Van Bemmelen said in the latest incident one robber had jumped over the rear wall of a property in Nicolai Crescent in Glenmore and boldly knocked on the door. “When the domestic worker opened the door he held her up with a knife and then tied her up before fleeing with a laptop, iPod, cellphones, cash, a yellow Reebok jacket and electronic gate remotes,” he said. Umbilo SAPS attended the scene of the crime.
“We strongly advise residents to regularly remind their domestic workers to be security conscious and to not open the gates or door for anyone unless you have told them how to identify any contractors expected during the day. If the meter reader calls it’s important that domestic workers know that they must ask to see his official identification card before letting him in,” he said.
Van Bemmelen added that criminals had used ladders to access properties in at least two recent housebreaking incidents reported in Glenmore. “We urge residents not to leave ladders lying around and to make sure that upper level windows are closed and adequately secured with burglar bars and alarm contacts, also install the mobile panic app on their smart phones” he said.