ssaulted, tied up, gagged with tape and locked in a room for several hours after being choked to the point of losing consciousness, a local estate agent (27) was robbed at a holiday home in Ballito on Monday afternoon.
The assailant (40) was tracked down several hours after the incident and was arrested on Monday night. According to Umhlali SAPS communications officer Captain Vinny Pillay, the man was expected to appear in the Umhlali Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.
It is alleged that the man had posed as an interested buyer looking to buy a holiday home on offer in Ballito.
According to provincial SAPS communications officer Colonel Thembeka Mbele, the man had arranged with the estate agent to be taken on numerous private viewings of Ballito properties.
“The man came with the pretext that he was interested in buying a Ballito property. When they arrived at one property, he was taken into an en-suite and, once in the bathroom, grabbed the victim by her neck. She eventually passed out,” said Colonel Mbele.
He allegedly assaulted the woman and then proceeded to restrain her using cable ties.
He then locked her in the bathroom before stealing the estate agent’s car, as well as her handbag and cell phone.
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