CrimeWatch report for Thursday 26th January

FROM: Damian Conway. 3 Quarry Road, Kalk Bay.

At midday on 25/1/2012 my girlfriend was walking back toward Quarry Road from Kalk Bay village when they passed a man who appeared to be ringing on the intercom at 185 Main Road. He then crossed the road and started walking in the same direction as my girlfriend and her friend. By the time they got to our gate at 3 Quarry Road he had started running up behind them.

He had something in a plastic packet in his hand and called out that he wanted to show them something. They managed to get inside and close the gate. He then threw the item in his hand over the gate and it just missed them – it turned out to be a brick. It was thrown at full tilt and if it had hit either of their heads it could have killed them or caused serious head injury.

We called Mountain Men and one of their security guards, Michael, arrived about 4 minutes later. We drove with him down to Main Road  and soon saw the same man (black, medium height, medium build, close shaven head, wearing a black jacket with a big round yellowish logo on the front, and dark grey pants) walking back towards Kalk Bay along Main Road above Wooley’s pool – and pestering an elderly couple.

Again the man had something in his hand. The couple looked harassed and flagged us down. When we stopped the car the man ran off and jumped over the railings. He escaped along the undercarriage of Main Road. The security guard gave chase but did not find him. He said he found the man’s jacket discarded under Main Road.

I called Mountain Men asking them to send some back-up but no one-else arrived over the next half hour while Michael searched for the man. I called Fish Hoek police at the same time as Mountain Men, but if they responded we did not see them. We opened a case at Fish Hoek Police station.