The rock, measuring 20cm by 16cm landed right next to the wife’s head.
Kaveh Mazloomi and his wife had just gone to sleep in their Spreydon home when they were awoken by the sound of a large bang, just after midnight.
“It was windy last night, so I thought it was lightning next to my house,” said Mazloomi.
“I had my wife screaming, we turned on the lights to see glass all over the bed.”
At first, Mazloomi didn’t spot the rock - there was a draft blowing the curtains that came through a large gaping hole in the window.
It wasn’t until the curtains were pulled back that the object was found.
“It was pretty large, it couldn’t have been a kid that threw it.”
The couple live on Pony Lane, a no-exit street in Spreydon off Domain Terrace. It’s a quiet street with barely any traffic in the area.
Mazloomi said they don’t have any friends or enemies, it’s just them living in Christchurch for the past two years.
He has no idea how or why the rock was thrown through the window.
“I can’t emphasise enough, the window they threw it through was the most impractical window to target,” he said.
“If you wanted to break into a house or check out what’s inside, it’s the last window you would choose. I have no idea why it happened.”
The couple called the police and submitted a report of the incident.
“I hear and read stuff, but you don’t expect this to happen to you,” he said.
“I’m probably going to need to do something, I just don’t know what to do. I can’t stop people from throwing things at my window, so something needs to be done, I just haven’t thought it through yet.”
- Nathan Morton
