I am sorry for your friends loss and stress, however I am happy to hear of the good work done by our boys in grey as well as your neighbors'. Did you get the names of the officers so that we can send them a personal THANK YOU.
Helen ----- Original Message ----- From: "J9" <[email protected]> To: "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 10:09 AM Subject: [obsnw] Mugging in Lower Wrensch on women's day > > Last night at around 7:45 a friend coming for dinner, was mugged > outside my house in Lower Wrensch Road. As she climbed out of the car, > he (young, well dressed, med height colored guy) came towards her, > grabbed her bag and ran. During the tumble she tried to hit him with a > wine bottle but he unfortunately he hit her in the face, trying to > defend himself and grab the bag, and gave her a swollen lip. > > She screamed so loud and for quite some time that the entire street > came out to see what was going on and to help. We called sector 1 van > and they were there in about 4 minutes, sector 2 van shortly after > that. We thought he had gone into the deserted dairy property opposite > my house, but he could not be found. > > The neighbours and police were all fantastic and so supportive. > I had about 7 guests inside my house all from the Southern suburbs and > False bay area, they were all amazed at the neighbourhood support and > response from the police. They all claimed they have none of that in > their neighbourhoods, and their police are notoriously unavailable. > So, well done and thanks to everyone, shows how a strong neighbourhood > support works. > > My friend lost her designer bag, with designer wallet, her designer > spectacles with all cards and cell phone etc..etc... > > Jeannine > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.49/2293 - Release Date: 08/09/09 18:10:00 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
