We do, but on the specific window, there are only shutters. We only opened them for some fresh air as we were moving about the house. Yet, it is inside a 8ft high walled stand with spikes, razor wire and alarms. We are getting burglar bars on every window as we speak.
2009/11/27 Mallix <[email protected]> > That's quite crazy! Do you have burglar bars? > > On Nov 27, 9:16 am, Johann du Plooy <[email protected]> wrote: > > At approx 8:45pm as we were sitting down to dinner, we heard a noise from > > our bedroom, barely 3m away. Immediately, I tried the door but it was > locked > > from the inside, a room we had excited barely a few minutes ago. It was > > obvious someone was inside our home. I pressed the panic button and I > > unlocked and rushed out the front door to cut the intruder off. An > intruder > > had entered our home while we were inside through the sash window and we > > suspected he was still inside, but the room was still dark and we could > not > > see inside. A security guard from Vetus Schola was on the scene in a > flash > > and soon afterward Chubb and the Police arrived. The Police entered the > > locked room through the window, but the intruder was already gone.The > > intruder seemed to have fled over our back wall as a search of our > property > > and our neighbours revealed. The intruder did not have the opportunity to > > steal anything because his noises alerted us immediately. > > > > Approx twenty minutes later, after the Police and armed response left we > > heard clear footsteps on our roof. We called Chubb armed response and the > > Police again. Our back neighbours' security light went on and the dog at > our > > neighbours diagonally behind us barked. The intruder had hidden on our > roof > > until the Police had left and then made his getaway. This is scary stuff. > > > > One thing that I recalled later and should mention is that the intruder > > defintitely has a lookout who whistles in a loud bird call to warn the > > person breaking in. I heard the same whistle during the burglary at c/o > > Lower Wrensch when the burglar made his getaway. > > > > Despite the intruder getting away, he came very close to being caught > this > > time, but the incident shows his arrogance. We also thank our neighbour, > > Richard, the Police, Vetus Schola and Chubb for their fast response and > > support. I would seem this is these are the same guys targeting Lower Obs > > and they are getting very desperate and brazen as we enter the festive > > season. Please be very vigilant and careful! > > -- > 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 > -- 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
