Incredible way grandfather narrowly survived terrifying home invasion by three masked gunman who demanded cash in the middle of the night
- Dimos Scoullis, 81, and wife Vicky, 76, robbed at gunpoint
- Mr Scoullis played dead, panicking robbers into fleeing
A grandfather who was bashed and robbed at gunpoint by a gang of masked men frightened them into fleeing by ‘playing dead’.
Dimos Scoullis, 81, and his wife 76-year-old wife Vicky had their home in Carlton, south Sydney, invaded by three masked and armed men shortly before 11pm on Tuesday.
Ms Scoullis, who was asleep on the couch downstairs, was held down by one of the intruders while the other two went upstairs.
There they found Mr Scoullis in the couple’s bedroom where they bashed him they and put a gun to his head, demanding money.
Dimos Scoullis, who runs the Hellenic Patisserie in Marrickville in Sydney’s inner-west with his wife and their sons, was robbed at gunpoint by three masked men on Tuesday night – but panicked them into fleeing when he played dead
Vicky Scoullis, 76, was asleep on the sofa when the intruders entered, with one of them pinning her down
But Mr Scoullis then played dead, panicking the robbers into thinking they had killed him.
They fled the house with a small amount of cash and a safe in the elderly couple’s Toyota Camry.
But the hapless burglars crashed the car 15 metres down the road because they could not drive manual.
Mr Scoullis was hospitalised with head injuries after the terrifying incident.
Their son George said his father ‘did what he had to do to keep mum safe’.
‘Mum, mentally she’s struggling a bit,’ he told 9News.
‘Physically she’s okay. Dad is the opposite, he is more physical, he has been hurt but mentally he’s one of those old, tough guys.’
The thieves made off in the elderly couple’s Toyota Camry but crashed it 15 metres down the road because they could not drive manual
The couple’s son, George, said his dad was an ‘old, tough guy’ but his mum is struggling mentally with the violent robbery
Commander Rohan Cramsie of NSW Police said: ‘This is the scenario that nightmares are made of.’
The police believe it was a targeted attack because the thieves seemed to know where certain things were in the house.
The couple run the popular Hellenic Patisserie in Marrickville in Sydney’s inner-west.
Police are investigating the robbery.
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