A 72-year-old woman was attacked and tied up in her Baird Avenue, Lambton, home on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Lambton Sector Four CPF liaison member Pine Pienaar told the GCN that the woman left her home at 9.28am.<\/p>
CCTV footage available from the area showed a man jumping over the perimeter wall at 9.51am.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe woman returned home at 9.57am, unaware of what was waiting,\u201d said Pienaar.<\/p>
\u201cShe pulled into her garage, and the suspect followed her in, attacking her and throwing her to the floor.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe then took some coat hangers, which he used to tie her up.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pienaar added that the attacker allegedly demanded money from the victim and asked her where the safe was.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe continued to rough her up and finally left the house through the kitchen door, with jewellery, her cellphone and some money she had in her purse,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe left the premises by jumping the wall again at 10.22am and running away in the direction of Colin Wade Street.\u201d<\/p>\n
The woman\u2019s screams alerted the Lambton Klip Sector Four CPF patrollers, who were on the scene within minutes and who then notified the SAPS and Ekurhuleni Emergency Services.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe woman was taken to the Union Hospital in Alberton by ambulance, where scans were done to determine the seriousness of the injuries she sustained during the ordeal.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was kept\u00a0 for observation as she had suffered a concussion and bruising and was due to be discharged on Saturday,\u201d said Pienaar.<\/p>\n
No arrests have been made.<\/p>\n
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