Rural constable shot trying to catch bandits

Dawn Blackman and her family were terrorised by bandits during a home invasion early yesterday morning. The bandits made off with more than $1M in electronics.

A rural constable was shot early yesterday morning during attempts to apprehend armed bandits who invaded a Werk-en-Rust home and stole over $1M in valuables.

The wounded constable was identified as Andrew Yaw, 51, who is attached to the Brickdam Impact Base. The men who shot him had earlier invaded the home of Dawn Blackman and her family, whom they terrorised before