A manhunt has been launched for the suspect who attacked a 66-year-old woman with a garden fork in her home in Hope Street, George on Friday between 14:00 and 15:00.
Preliminary investigation suggests that the victim was doing laundry in her bathroom when the gardener she employed for the day attacked her from behind with the fork. She had to fight him off after he hit her several times with the fork. She sustained facial and body wounds during the attack.
She managed to stumble outside after her assailant fled the scene on foot.
A patrol van that was in the vicinity drove past the house and saw the victim struggling to the outside of the house.
The assailant was already gone by then.
The woman was taken to a local hospital for medical treatment.
Her condition is described as serious, but stable…
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