Boutique robbed

A 64-year-old shop owner suffered a broken leg on Tuesday morning after two men robbed her at her leather-goods boutique on Windhoek’s Independence Avenue.

Evelyne Rottcher had been the only person inside Huber Pelze at around 10h30, when two men pretending to be customers entered the shop. According to Rottcher’s statement to the Police, the men pretended to buy a wallet, when suddenly they threw her down a staircase leading to the ground floor.She broke her left thighbone.Speaking to The Namibian yesterday, Rottcher’s business partner Michael Dietrich said Rottcher had also been tied up and assaulted during the ordeal.The suspects apparently made off with a number of leather jackets, wallets and handbags, as well as Rottcher’s own handbag containing her personal documents.She was rushed to the Roman Catholic Hospital for treatment.According to Dietrich, Rottcher had been able to compile a brief description of her attackers, and by yesterday Police were still gathering evidence at the crime scene.According to Rottcher’s statement to the Police, the men pretended to buy a wallet, when suddenly they threw her down a staircase leading to the ground floor.She broke her left thighbone.Speaking to The Namibian yesterday, Rottcher’s business partner Michael Dietrich said Rottcher had also been tied up and assaulted during the ordeal.The suspects apparently made off with a number of leather jackets, wallets and handbags, as well as Rottcher’s own handbag containing her personal documents.She was rushed to the Roman Catholic Hospital for treatment.According to Dietrich, Rottcher had been able to compile a brief description of her attackers, and by yesterday Police were still gathering evidence at the crime scene.