Hi Carys I agree that burglaries in Obs appear to be on the increase, despite the good work done by the ONW and the Woodstock Police. What I find very scary is that I'm hearing of more incidents where the people were in the house while the burglary occurred and didn't hear or see a thing. Not nice!
Marina On Oct 14, 1:14 pm, "Walsh, Carys" <[email protected]> wrote: > Shame I am sorry to hear about your break in. I had some one climb in > through my bathroom window as well - he was really quiet - the only > reason I heard him was because of my clever attack cat! Clearly house > break-ins in Obs are on the increase - we must all be more vigilant in > putting on alarms etc at night. > > Regards, > > Carys Walsh > Senior Tax Consultant > International Executive Services > > KPMG Services (Pty) Ltd > PO Box 4609 > Cape Town > 8000 > > Tel: +27 21 408 7468 > Cell: +27 83 440 2054 > Fax: +27 21 408 7100 > > [email protected] > > P Please consider the environment before printing this email > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > > Of Marina > Sent: Wed Oct 14 2009 12:40 > To: The Observatory Neighbourhood watch > Subject: [obsnw] Burglary - 16 Low Street > > I'd like to inform the ONW about a burglary at 16 Low Street (cnr Low > and Lower Wrensch) in the early hours of Friday morning (9 October). > At approximately 03:45 I was woken up by Sgt Luzipho and Constable > Bali. I immediately realised that something seriously had to be wrong > for them to be inside my house. We established that my car (a 1972 VW > Beetle!) had been stolen, as well as things like my plasma screen tv, > laptop, 1 TB external hard drive, iPod, handbag with contents (camera, > another 250G external hard drive, diary, purse), the purse of a friend > who was sleeping over (cards subsequently used at Grand West, the > Spur, Kuilsriver), etc. They were very picky and ignored cheap > electronic stuff like a printer and scanner. They also took their time > about it and used keys to open everything once they were in. They were > considerate enough to take only the car key off my bunch of keys and > to leave the house and other keys in a flowerpot on the stoep. I ask > you! > To enter they opened a sash window (the only one with a broken latch), > climbed through the burglar bars (heaven knows how they got through) > and proceeded to burgle the house. My two friends who were sleeping > over and I did not hear a thing nor did we wake up. Considering the > noise that a Beetle makes and the fact that the stuff was carried out > the front door which is about two metres from my bed, it's virtually > impossible. We are convinced that some or other gas must have been > used to dope us, because we all woke up with sore and very dry throats > but felt as if we had slept for ages. > Sgt Luzipho and Constable Bali were in Station Rd when they saw the > Beetle driving along with the doors flapping, so they pursued it. The > thieves drove across the bridge at River Club and into the veld on the > left-hand side of Valkenburg where they abandoned the car and fled. > Thanks to the quick and efficient intervention of Sgt Luzipho, > Constable Bali and Constable Pienaar, one of the thieves was caught. > Unfortunately two escaped. 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