This dom skelm found himself between a rock and a hard place when he got stuck in burglar bars at a school he apparently wanted to rob.
The 32-year-old suspect was rescued after a security guard patrolling the premises heard his desperate cries for help as he dangled from the second-storey window of Rosendaal High in Delft.
The guard called the cops who arrested the dom boef on the spot.
Police say the suspect has already made his first appearance at the Bellville Magistrates’ Court on charges of burglary and malicious damage to property.
According to police, the security guard was busy with patrols at the Delft school on Tuesday about 1.30am when he noticed a classroom window was broken.
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When the guard went closer to the window to investigate, he heard the skelm’s screams for help.
The boef was hanging head-down from the second storey, his legs caught between the burglar bars and the window.
Police spokesperson, Lieutenant-Colonel André Traut, says the guard immediately called Delft police.
Traut says they are unsure whether the suspect was planning on leaving or entering the classroom.
“This office can confirm that a male suspect was arrested at Rosendaal High School, Main Road, Delft,” he says.
“The police officials assisted the 32-year-old suspect to get out and arrested him for burglary and malicious damage to property.
“It is unknown whether the suspect was on his way in or out or how he got there.”
Jessica Shelver, the spokesperson for Education MEC, Debbie Schäfer, says the skelm managed to enter the school because the palisade fence is damaged.
She says the Western Cape Education Department will be following this case closely.
“We shall be following this case and in the event that the perpetrator is found guilty, we shall make input to the court in aggravation of sentence, requesting the maximum possible penalty.
“The school has an alarm system, but only certain sections are armed. Perpetrators are able to access the premises because the palisade fencing is being carried away bit by bit.
“We absolutely cannot afford to keep replacing fencing that is destroyed.
“Why is the community not reporting these incidents to the police?”