A nightmare week of constant intrusions into her property culminated in a brutal attack for Waterfall resident, Shelley Rawsthorne, 53, this week.
A nightmare week of constant intrusions into her property culminated in a brutal attack for Waterfall resident, Shelley Rawsthorne, 53, on Women’s Day, this week.
Rawsthorne tried to get into the kitchen and shut the gate, but she was not quick enough and the assailant grabbed the door. She heard sounds outside the door and realised her security company had arrived and were trying to get in, but the attacker had her keys. “The attacker ripped the oil heater from the wall and lifted it high to hit me in the face and head. I heard the security guard shout a warning at him. I moved away a bit as he brought the oil heater downward to hit me on the head. I thought I was going to die. I heard a gun shot, he dropped the heater and dropped to the floor,” she said.Paramedics were called to the scene and he was taken to hospital.
With a full-time job, Rawsthorne went home to assist her mother. She said the police had been called but no-one had responded. She said had fingerprints been taken, they could possibly have been linked to the attack on her.
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