Crimes committed against the elderly should be seen as crimes committed against the whole community” as said by Motherwell Cluster Commander, Major General Dawie Rabie following the severe assault of a paralysed 87-year-old woman during a house robbery at her Rula Street home in New Brighton yesterday. Yesterday, 04 December 2018, at about 12:00 the..
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Crimes committed against the elderly should be seen as crimes committed against the whole community 87-Year-old Woman Assaulted During House Robbery, New Brighton
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Tarlton: Horrific farm attack, elderly couple brutally tortured
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A farm attack took place Saturday night, 14 July 2018, around 03:00 in the Tarlton area near Krugersdorp. A couple in their seventies were severely beaten and tortured during a violent attack. Fortunately, the man who is bedridden did not suffer any broken bones but was tortured by having boiling water poured over him during..
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Elderly woman from Phalaborwa brutally attacked- stabbed and bound with duct tape and left to die
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There have still been no arrests in connection with the brutal attack on an 82-year resident from Phalaborwa, last week. Julie Haremse was viciously attacked in her home at around 13:00 last week Thursday by an unknown man who accosted her inside her home in Monna Street and stabbed her multiple times in the throat…
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Elderly woman and farm worker attacked, Free State
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A 68-year-old female and a male worker were attacked by two armed suspects on Thursday, August 24 on a farm situated in the Clocolan area, Free State. The suspects held both victims at gunpoint before ordering the female to open the safe. The suspects fled in a white Toyota Hilux bakkie. The police and community..
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Elderly man died while putting on a fight to protect his wife during brutal attack in Hibberdene
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Courageous husband put his life on the line while attempting to protect his beloved wife during a break-in at their home located in Hibberdene on Monday evening. Three intruders gain access to the Kleynhans household by launching a piece of wood during a window. Petrus Kleynhans (71) and his wife were watching television while the..
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Elderly woman forced to crawl through her house in Port Elizabeth while it was ransacked
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An elderly Port Elizabeth woman, who can’t walk unassisted, was attacked in her home and forced to crawl through the house while it was ransacked by three robbers. According to police, Kabega Park Detectives are investigating a case of house robbery after the 70-year-old woman was attacked in her house at Brakkefontein, a smallholding. “The..
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