Cancer survivor bashed and robbed in Perth home recounts horror ordeal

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An aged Girrawheen mates person bravely spoken retired astir a terrifying location penetration and convulsive battle astatine the hands of 3 men who pretended to beryllium constabulary officers.

Ninette and Philip Simons were astatine location astatine their Allinson Drive spot on the evening of April 16 erstwhile 3 men knocked connected their doorway and produced a badge, claiming to beryllium constabulary officers.

Ninette Simons is inactive recovering aft the terrifying ordeal connected April 17.

The men gained introduction to the location by saying they had a warrant to hunt it for stolen gold.

Once inside, 76-year-old Philip was tied up, portion 73-year-old Ninette – a caller crab subsister – was violently assaulted.

“I opened the doorway ... and 1 bloke grabbed me,” Philip said.

“He threw maine connected the level and jumped connected my backmost … and tied maine up.

“They pushed my caput into the level and said ‘don’t crook around’, ‘don’t look astatine me’.”

While helium was tied up, Philip could perceive the sickening battle of his woman taking spot successful different portion of the house.

“I said she’s a crab patient, she’s conscionable travel retired of hospital,” helium said.

“But I could inactive perceive the screaming and punching.”

Recalling the assault, Ninette told media this week she thought she was going to dice from the onslaught which began aft she emerged from her chamber and came look to look with 1 of the men.

Ninette Simons was savagely assaulted successful her home.

“I conscionable came retired of my chamber erstwhile I saw this gangly feline with glasses and helium had a badge hanging from his neck,” she said.

“He said, ‘we are the TRG police. We are present to apprehension you for your stolen jewellery’. He was trying to enactment the handcuffs connected me, which helium ne'er did.

“The adjacent infinitesimal I was getting punched by the 2nd bloke who had a disguise connected his look saying ‘don’t scream’ and helium was belting me, which went connected for a bully fractional an hour.

“I was thrown to the crushed and helium said ‘lie look down.’

“I managed to get up. He pushed maine backmost and I deed my caput hard against the tiles successful my bathroom, by which clip I was pouring with humor from my mouth, from my nose.

“I blacked retired unconscious for a infinitesimal oregon two.

“I thought I was dying ... I don’t cognize however I survived this astatine my age.”

After violently beating her, the men past started to wrench jewellery disconnected her, including astir 15 necklaces she was wearing astir her neck.

The battle has near her with debilitating injuries.

“I’m precise frightened,” she said. “I americium not the aforesaid idiosyncratic I utilized to be, I tin hardly basal oregon walk.

“I utilized to beryllium capable to spell dancing and its highly improbable I volition bash it again.

“Every clip I basal oregon I move, I’m precise dizzy. I’m successful a batch of pain.”

The 3 men took rings, jewellery and immoderate cash, unneurotic worthy implicit $200,000, earlier leaving.

“They said, if you spell to the police, we are from the area, we volition beryllium backmost to decorativeness you,” Ninette said.

“He said that and walked retired and the others followed him.”

Despite throwing important resources astatine the investigation, the men stay connected the run.

“It’s horrific,” Ninette said.

“I conscionable felt defenceless. I felt similar an idiot. I handed implicit each of my life’s savings connected a platter, lone to beryllium bashed for it. They could person conscionable taken it. I wasn’t adjacent screaming. I couldn’t due to the fact that helium was hitting me. I was submissive. It was truthful casual for them to instrumentality it all, wherefore did helium person to bash me?

“I felt similar I should person been dead. I don’t cognize however I survived this horrific thing.”

Detectives are urging anyone with immoderate accusation relating to this incident, oregon who saw, oregon has CCTV oregon dash-cam vision, of immoderate suspicious radical oregon vehicles adjacent Allinson Drive betwixt 6.30pm and 7.45pm, to interaction Crime Stoppers connected 1800 333 000 oregon via Crime Stoppers.

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