Naomi Ross. (submitted photo/Naomi Ross)

By Nigel Maxwell

P.A. woman victim of violent home invasion

Feb 27, 2020 | 5:00 PM

Content warning: Graphic descriptions of violence throughout

Prince Albert’s Naomi Ross says she will require reconstructive surgery following a violent home invasion in Saskatoon last week.

Ross was house sitting for a family member and fell asleep on a mattress in the living room. She woke up after the backdoor was kicked in.

“He punched me three times with knuckle busters right to my face and I almost blacked out,” she said, adding a female suspect was holding her down, preventing her from escaping.

“They kept repeatedly kicking my face and punching my face and my body and there was no way I could get up,” she said.

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Unable to call for help due to blood filling up in her mouth, Ross said the attack lasted several minutes. When she was able to finally scream out, she yelled for another family member who was sleeping downstairs.

“Soon as I yelled [his] name, they both said ‘Let’s get out of here, somebody else is here and she is going to call the cops,'” Ross said.

The injuries Naomi Ross sustained to her face. (submitted photo/Naomi Ross)

Prior to leaving the house, Ross said the male suspect kicked her one more time and threatened to kill her if she told anyone what happened.

Soon after the pair left, Ross’s family emerged from downstairs and called police. When paramedics arrived, Ross was immediately taken to hospital where she remained for about three days. As a result of the attack, Ross suffered significant injuries to her face including a broken nose, damage to her jaw, and will also require surgery to her eye as several bones around the socket were broken.

“I haven’t been able to eat or anything and it hurts to talk,” she said.

Ross, who claims to know her attackers, said as of Thursday afternoon, she was still waiting for a call from police. She said the two people responsible tried calling the house the night before the attack but were told they were not allowed to come over.

A spokesperson for the Saskatoon Police Service has confirmed officers received a report on Feb. 21, of a woman being assaulted at a home in the 600 block of Seventh St. E. The spokesperson said the incident remains under investigation.

In the meantime, out of fear her attackers may return, Ross chose not to return home or to the house in Saskatoon.

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nigel.maxwell@jpbg.ca