Two ambushed outside home

A PORT Elizabeth couple were ambushed outside their Perridgevale home at about 8.15pm on Monday.

According to police, a 52-year-old woman and her husband were confronted by four gunmen when they arrived at their Haven Road home.

Police spokesman Captain Johan Rheeder said the couple had just parked their Nissan Almera outside their house when they were ambushed.

“Four men, all with guns, confronted the couple as they stopped the vehicle,” he said.

“They then forced both into the house at gunpoint. Once inside, they demanded money.

“The couple did not resist and handed over an undisclosed amount of money.

“The men then also took a plasma screen television set which they loaded into the Almera before speeding off.

“It remains unclear if they were followed or if the men were waiting outside for them,” he said. Rheeder declined to name the couple. The car was found abandoned in New Brighton hours after the robbery.

Yesterday morning, detectives were still gathering details of the attack.

Rheeder urged anyone with information to contact Detective Sergeant Gavin Scheepers on 082-442-1384.

This comes after a group of men ambushed businesswoman Marilyne de Vos, 52, while she was leaving her Linkside home last week.

The men throttled her, demanding to know if there was anybody else inside the house.

After a commotion, the men fled in her car which was later found abandoned in Glen Hurd.

Last Thursday, a 35-year-old nanny was held hostage while she was pushing a child in a pram to a house in Brusileiro Street in Parsons Vlei.

She was forced into the house as she was unlocking the gate. The robbers ransacked the house after locking her and the child in a bedroom.

On the same day, a 75-year-old man was robbed at knifepoint inside his house in Cape Road, Fernglen, allegedly by his former gardener.