Public assistance requested in Claremont

By Khanyisa Tabata
28 May 2010

Police are requesting the assistance of the public in tracing three men involved in a house robbery case that occurred in Aberdeen Road, Newlands last night.

Police spokesperson Captain Angie Latchman says a fifty year old complainant had just arrived at her residence in Aberdeen Road, Newlands, when it is alleged that, as she alighted from her motor vehicle, she was accosted by three unknown males, one of whom was armed with a firearm.

“At gunpoint the suspects held up the complainant and ordered her to take them into her house and when the suspects entered the house they confronted her husband who was watching television.

“The suspects continuously ordered the victims not top look at their faces or else they will shoot them,"said Latchman.

She added that the complainant and her husband were then locked up inside a room of the upstairs floor. The suspects then got into the complainant's vehicle a Mercedes Benz bearing registration number CA 415458 an fled from the scene. No shots were fired. No injuries sustained.

“The complainant and her husband managed to free themselves from the room approximately an hour later,” said Latchman.

Police are urging anyone with information surrounding the incident to contact the Investigating Officer, Detective Constable M Soqho at SAPS Claremont on contact number 021- 657 2266 /2214 or Crime Stop on 08600 10111. Investigations are continuing.