A disabled man has revealed the moment masked raiders threatened him with an axe in his Dundee home.
Two men wearing balaclavas entered the property on Old Glamis Road and demanded cash while threatening the homeowner and his dog.
One of the men pressed an axe against the victim’s face.
Speaking a month on from the ordeal, the Trottick resident said the pair spent about 20 minutes in the house before leaving empty-handed.
‘I thought it was a wind-up’
The 64-year-old, who does not want to be identified, told The Courier: “I was away to start watching the Scotland and Ukraine game.
“The two men came in the back door after accessing a side path at Claverhouse Road.
“They were dressed in dark clothing with balaclavas on.
“They came into the living room – I thought it was a wind-up.
“I told them that and they said it wasn’t and I saw the hand-held axe.
“One of the lads was about 5ft 5in and had a west coast accent.
“There was a heftier lad at 5ft 10in, I couldn’t really place his accent.
“The smaller lad was the one doing the rummaging – he was even in the attic.
“The bigger lad was standing over me with the axe.”
‘I thought I was going to be struck with the axe’
Despite being threatened, the victim – who suffers with spinal problems – says there was only a brief moment where he feared for his safety.
He said: “[One of the men] was pressing the handle of the axe in my face asking where the money was.
“I shouted back explaining there wasn’t any cash in the house. He even threatened the dog because it kept barking.
“There were a couple of seconds where I thought I was going to be struck with the axe.
“I wouldn’t say I was panicking at any point though – maybe it was the adrenaline of it.
“At one point they found our fire safety box and the bigger lad used the axe to prise it open but there wasn’t anything of value in it.”
The man says he has now improved security at his home including security cameras and extra lighting.
He added: “As soon as the two men left the property I contacted the police and then my wife, who was at work.
“The police have taken away the fire box as evidence and they’ve carried out door-to-door inquiries.
“There is a concern the property was maybe being watched in the build-up to it.”
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Officers are carrying out inquiries following a robbery which happened within a house Old Glamis Road on Tuesday September 27.
“Anyone who knows who was responsible should call Police Scotland on 101, quoting 3156 of September 27.”
