{"id":35821,"date":"2015-10-14T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/echonews.sites.caxton.co.za\/35821\/breadwinner-killed-in-house-robbery\/"},"modified":"2015-10-14T12:15:28","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T10:15:28","slug":"breadwinner-killed-in-house-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2015\/10\/14\/breadwinner-killed-in-house-robbery\/","title":{"rendered":"Breadwinner killed in house robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mr Norman Aarons was shot and killed in front of his wife Elsa, his daughter Andrea and his 5-year old grandson Liam, when the robbers targeted their home around 23:00.<\/p>\n

Mr Aarons, who was overpowered in his bedroom, was shot while he had his hands in the air.<\/p>\n

The robber who shot him, kicked his body out of the way, to reach the safe in which Mr Aarons’ 9mm pistol was kept.<\/p>\n

The robbers took Mr Aarons car and house keys to prevent the family to exit the home and seek help for their dying patriarch.<\/p>\n

The family however managed to exit, and flagged down a car to call for help.<\/p>\n

Ambulance services and the police arrived shortly after, but Mr Aarons had already succumbed to his wound.<\/p>\n

Mr Aarons shared the house with his wife, their daughter, her husband and two grandchildren.<\/p>\n

The family is now worried that they will become destitute, as they cannot afford to live in the house.<\/p>\n

Mr Aarons’ son Eric, who rushed to his family’s aid from Pretoria, picked up the bunch of keys the robbers took, in an open veld approximately a half a kilometre from the house.<\/p>\n

The robbers fled with cell phones and wallets.<\/p>\n

No arrests have been made.<\/p>\n

Middelburg residents are living in fear with crime out of control with armed robberies and common robberies happening almost daily.<\/p>\n

\u2022This morning a woman was attacked and raped in her Dennesig home and journalists rushed to another burglary in Verdoorn Street in the South suburb.<\/p>\n