Scottburgh, South Africa – Intruders tortured an 82-year-old Scottburgh woman with a hot steam iron to get her to open a safe while her 84-year-old husband was tied up and forced to watch.
The Scottburgh South couple was too traumatised to speak to the Mail this week and asked not to be named for fear of the men coming back.
The couple was asleep early last Wednesday morning when they were awoken by four men armed with knives. They had broken into the house through a window.
They bound the man and began beating the woman, demanding keys to the safe.
Police said she suffered ‘serious facial burns’ when one man held a hot steam iron to her face. Her teeth were also knocked out with an iron rod.
After the woman handed over the keys, the couple was locked in the bathroom. The intruders then ransacked the house and made their getaway in the couple’s white VW Jetta…
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