Police searching for offenders who stole safe filled with cash and jewellery from Gosnells home

A Perth grandmother feels “utterly destroyed as a human being” after burglars trashed her home and fled with gold jewellery and a safe containing more than $200,000 in cash.

Bee Scott, aged in her 80s, returned to her Gosnells home on the afternoon of May 28 to discover her safe — which was bolted to the ground — missing alongside extensive damage to her property.

“My side gate was smashed down, I came inside (and) my security screen was all curled up, my kitchen door was lifted out upside down, and the house was a mess,” she told 7NEWS.

“I went to my bedroom, and I just couldn’t get in there, so I jumped over everything, and I could see my safe was gone, and some dress jewellery and . . . my hearing aids.

Ms Scott said she estimated that more than $200,000 cash had been placed in the safe over a period of 60 years.

The jewellery — which includes a sentimental necklace she purchased aged 17 — is estimated to be worth $150,000.

“I don’t even know if I passed out for a minute or it was just I couldn’t believe it,” she said.

“I just feel devastated. I feel like . . . what’s the point in going on? I’m even too frightened to leave the house.”

“A few times in my life I’ve had devastation, but I think this tops the lot, because it was mine. No one else gave it to me, no one else helped me with it.

“I haven’t had a holiday since (my daughter was) about nine years old. I just add every little bit up, make sure I can pay my bills, and most of all, my vet bills, and I don’t have that.”

Ms Scott’s daughter said the burglars had ruined her mum’s sense of physical and financial security.

“Mum’s very frugal, she was working at the time — she was cleaning houses (when the burglary happened).

“They’ve taken a significant amount, and it was blood, sweat, and tears for mum, and that was her security that gave her purpose, and she felt secure, knowing that whatever happened, whatever bill came up, whatever happened to her pets, she had the security there that she was able to do something immediately.”

“She had the money, she had the resources, and that’s now gone, and also she doesn’t feel safe or secure, and this no longer feels like a nice place to be.”

Police say the daylight robbery occurred between 7.30am and 1.30pm, when unknown offenders forced entry into Ms Scott’s home on Coulston Way.

Detective 1/C constable Kyle Vander Linden said it was believed the safe was dragged out of the home and down the driveway before multiple people are suspected of fleeing the home.

“We are urging the public, if they see the sale of any of these items or the attempted sale of these items, to contact police,” he said.

“This is understandably a really hard time for the victim. We’re doing everything we can to solve this and hold those responsible accountable for their actions.

“We don’t condone any acts of violence, any acts of offending, especially against elderly people.”

Several people were spotted in the area at the time including one man described as wearing a black cap and a black and white jacket with gold writing on the back. He was also wearing beige pants and black runners.

Detectives want to speak with this man as part of their investigation.

Anyone with information relating to this burglary is urged to contact Crime Stoppers online or by calling 1800 333 000.

Dashcam or CCTV vision can be uploaded directly to investigators via this link.