A woman was held in her home under gunpoint and alerted shopkeepers nearby by handwriting notes that were posted out of the window.
Christopher Adam Duncan (35), allegedly held the 34-year old woman for over an hour at their Bonnyrigg flat, in Sydney’s West, Saturday night.
The man allegedly assaulted the victim with a knife & a gun, until she managed to escape at 7pm when police arrived.
Two shopkeepers had seen the notes, and began communicating with her via the window. Police were alerted by the two men who saw it.
A woman was accused of being held hostage in her own house and alerted the nearby shops by handwriting notes that were passed out through the apartment windows.
CCTV footage shows two men calling triple-0 from the compound to the woman trapped in the window.
The CCTV camera footage captures the men calling triple zero to the scared woman who sits in the window.
The cameras then capture riot police pushing a battering-ram into the houses.
A female can be seen then running off the Bonnyrigg Avenue apartment complex’s ground floor, before talking to the police.
The injuries sustained by the 34-year old victim were allegedly due to assaults by Duncan. Duncan was her roommate in the flat.
By the arrival of police, she was able to get free and drop her notes below to the shopkeepers.
Duncan was taken into custody along with two other women (aged 32 and 42) who were present in the house together with the detained woman.
Christopher Adam Duncan, who was carrying a knife and gun, held the woman for more than an hour at a Bonnyrigg flat in Sydney’s West on Saturday night.
Before police arrived, Duncan was taken out by handcuffs. The female was seen running out from the compound and hugging him.
Police found a loaded gun inside the flat, and allegedly discovered precursor chemicals and equipment that is used to make meth.
He was accused of eleven crimes, including the detention with intention to commit a grave indictable offense and assault causing bodily damage.
The alleged drug equipment found in the apartment was not charged.
The Fairfield Local Court refused him bail. He will appear again on Wednesday.
They were both released on bail. Police continue their investigation.
This woman could pass on notes from her apartment window to the shops below