Grandmother (75) attacked by thugs in Phoenix home

A 75-YEAR-OLD Phoenix grandmother was thrown on her kitchen floor, while three men robbed her home in Southgate on Saturday evening.

The grandmother, R Maharaj, was treated for shock at a local hospital after three gunmen gained access into her son’s home by lifting the motorised gate off the rails and driving into the driveway.

Her son, Sanjay Maharaj, said the brazen robbers then used a crow bar to break the windows and doors.

“My mother was busy in the kitchen when she heard a car reverse into the driveway. She thought it was my car but later realised it was robbers when she heard loud banging.”

Maharaj said the men threw his mother on to the kitchen floor.

“They showed no mercy for an old woman and continued to rummage through the house for valuables.”

The stolen items included an undisclosed amount of cash as well as foreign currency, left over from a recent holiday abroad.

A flat screen television was also stolen.

He said he and his family were visiting his in-laws in Phoenix at the time of the incident, when his daughter received a BBM (Blackberry Messenger).

“I called home and when a neighbour answered, I asked to speak to my mother. She was badly shaken.”

Maharaj said officers from the private security company, VIP Protection Unit, went to his mother’s assistance.

“We do not even subscribe to their company but they were the first on the scene.”

A case of house robbery is being investigated.