Dangor: Either they did not like what they saw or it was an act of intimidation

Dangor, who was not home at the time of the incident, says the two men pitched up at his home in the afternoon and told his helper that they had been sent to "fix something". 

"They then overpowered our helper, broke open the security gate at the front door. The helper, my daughter and my grand-daughter then ran into one of the rooms and locked themselves in there." 

Dangor says his son was also home at the time of the incident, and hurt his hand when he tried to confront one of the men. 

"My son ran from his room towards the guys and confronted one of them. They tried to put a cloth over his mouth, but he ran back into his own room and barricaded himself in. And that is when they called the police and the security company."

He says the two men then proceeded to go through the house. However, nothing was stolen even though there were valuable laying around. Dangor says he would have felt a lot more comfortable had the men stolen something. 

"Either they did not like what they saw or it was an act of intimidation. My gut says it was an act of intimidation."

Dangor, who recently resigned from the department amid the social grants debacle, says the police were very helpful when they were on the scene. 

"They went through the entire space to make sure nobody was there, but they couldn't make a case because they said nothing was stolen. But I am going to the police station to make a case around the assault of my son."