A Mount Michael couple believe a panic button saved them from serious harm at the hands of knife-wielding home invaders at the weekend.
Tony Dempster (70), a medical doctor, and his wife, Jeannie (54), were watching television at 7.15pm on Friday when the gang of five entered their property.
Tony Dempster told The Witness that their four dogs started “going a bit ballistic” and he went outside with a torch to investigate.
“Suddenly, there was this guy behind me and he grabbed me. I threw him to the ground and started grappling with him he was on top of me and he had a knife.”
He said although everything was “a bit of a blur”, he became aware of four other robbers entering the house.
Luckily his wife managed to press a panic button, setting off their house alarm, before being overpowered by a man armed with a screwdriver.
“She suffered a minor laceration to her hand, possibly when the chap ripped the phone out of her hand. The alarm company called and she tried to answer the phone,” said Dempster.
“She was manhandled into the lounge. They kept asking: ‘Where’s the cash, where’s the cash?’ They tore the television out of its connection and picked up some laptops One of them ran and got my wife’s laptop from the other room, almost as if they knew it was there,” said Dempster.
He said the gang grabbed whatever valuables they could in their rush to get away…
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