Brave senior Hillcrest woman fights off wheel spanner attacker

A senior Hillcrest woman was injured during a wheel spanner attack when she attempted to prevent an armed robber from entering her home in the early hours of Saturday morning.
The incident was one of several contact crimes included armed robberies and a hijacking in suburbs across Durban at the weekend.
Blue Security community and media liaison officer Andreas Mathios said the resident, believed to be in her eighties, was injured when she tried to prevent a suspect from entering her premises through an unlocked security gate at around 4.45am. “The suspect assaulted her with a wheel spanner, causing several injuries and bruising. ER24 and Meditech paramedics responded to the scene. The victim was treated for her injuries at the scene,” Mathios said.
Mathios said a green bag containing a wheel spanner was recovered from a nearby property.
In a second incident a woman was held up and robbed on a property in Assagay at around 2.49am this morning. “The suspect entered the property and held up the resident at knifepoint, robbing her of two cellphones. It is unclear how the suspect managed to gain entry onto the property,” Mathios said.
The robbery was reported to Hillcrest SAPS who attended the scene of the crime.
Armed robbers also held up staff at a business premises in Solomon Mahlangu Road in Sea View at around 9.50pm on Saturday. “Four suspects, who were all armed with firearms, entered the business premises and held up the staff at gunpoint, robbing them of cash and other valuables,” Mathios said.
Members of the Malvern SAPS attended the scene of the crime.
Mathios added that a motorist was hijacked in Fairbridge Road in Woodlands on Friday evening. The incident occurred at around 9.25pm. “Four suspects, who arrived in a white Toyota Etios, held up the motorist at gunpoint and hijacked him of his vehicle which was later recovered in Lamontville,” Mathios said.
The incident was reported to the Montclair SAPS.