Terror attack on mum Samantha Matangira in Oakes home

Sep 22 2010 Huddersfield Daily Examiner

A TERRIFIED woman was attacked in her Oakes home by an armed gang looking for her husband.

Samantha Matangira was hit with a hammer and had a knife held to her throat as the men burst into her home.

Now a 35-year-old man has gone on trial accused of taking part in the terrifying robbery at the house in Huddersfield.

Dondy Fonkwa is alleged to have been one of four men who travelled to West Yorkshire last September looking for the husband of Mrs Matangira.

Prosecutor Stephen Wood said when the men arrived at the family’s home in Burniston Drive, Oakes, the mum-of-two opened the door because she feared that it would be smashed in.

Mrs Matangira said her husband Clay was not there, but 29-year-old Ebrima Njie pushed his way in and began punching her.

Fonkwa is alleged to have joined in the attack on Mrs Matangira while a third man, 35-year-old Kekuta Darboe, went into the living room and stole the television.

Bradford Crown Court heard yesterday that Njie, hit Mrs Matangira with a hammer and Fonkwa allegedly put a knife against her neck.