Robbers attack woman threatening her with rape

A Pietermaritzburg primary school teacher was attacked and threatened with rape and murder by two men during a robbery on Tuesday.

The woman, believed to be in her sixties arrived at her home in Lincoln Meade on Tuesday afternoon to find two men in her house.

When the woman entered her home, the assailants grabbed and dragged her to her bedroom, allegedly forcing her to keep her head down so she would not see their faces.

PMB Security head Mary Ann Jeffery said the men tied the woman’s hands and feet together before pushing a facecloth into her mouth and covering her mouth with duct tape.

Jeffery said the attackers told the woman they were going to rape and kill her as they wrapped her inside a duvet cover.

She said eventually once the woman could no longer hear anyone in the house, she struggled to get the duct tape off of her mouth and tore through the duvet with her teeth to escape.

Jeffery said the house had been ransacked but it appeared that only jewellery and a cellphone were taken.

The PMB Security head said they were contacted by a passerby who saw their number on the signboard of the victim’s gate.

She said the woman was more traumatised as a result of the incident than being physically hurt.

Jeffery said the police and the emergency services had responded quickly and were passionate about helping the traumatised woman.

Pietermaritzburg police spokesperson Sergeant Mthokozisi Ngobese said no arrests had been made at this stage and police were investigating.