An elderly couple from Malvern, Gauteng, was subjected to a scary encounter with two gunmen who brazenly pulled off an armed robbery in broad daylight, on Thursday afternoon.
Malvern couple robbery caught on CCTV
The entire ordeal was captured on CCTV and will surely haunt the victims for a while to come.
The CCTV footage was posted on social media and starts with the unidentified woman reversing into the parking bay of her property which is situated on Arundel Road. Nothing was untoward when a topless male, believed to be the partner, came out to meet the woman.
But, things quickly escalated when, right before the automatic gates shut, two men sprung out of a grey Volkswagen Polo, that was clearly tailing the woman the entire time, with their guns drawn. The petite perpetrators slid past the security gate and made it into the property, pouncing on the woman who would have most certainly been stupefied by the events unfolding before her.
The topless man watched on and was careful to not react quickly in front of two men who had their weapons drawn. However, he refused to stand and watch his partner being accosted. So, he dived into the confrontation unfolding between one suspect and the woman and, out of camera, a scuffle was seen.
Fortunately, the suspects ran off with what they came for and sped off in the getaway vehicle without harming the couple. Surprisingly, however, the topless man was seen running after the suspects and flung an unknown object, believed to be a brick slab, towards them.
Here is footage of the horrifying encounter that must have left the victims psychologically scarred.
ARMED ROBBERY : ARUNDEL RD. BELLAIR/MALVERN. DURBAN. KZN. @SAPoliceService @TrafficRTMC @cci_network pic.twitter.com/t4VcP3pOPD
— REZA (@crimeairnetwork) December 9, 2021