A B.C. Supreme Court trial began Monday for two men accused of invading a 400-block Ogilvie St. home in early 2013.
Sameer Madhok, 43, faces nine charges and Mark Anthony Stewart, 33, faces seven charges.
The Crown alleges the two knew the home's two adult occupants and made off with a laptop, cash and cigarettes after forcing their way into the basement suite the couple were renting.
The incident was not immediately reported to police. Instead, that occurred nearly three months later and the two were not arrested for another six months, the court heard.
The arrests occurred in September 2013 shortly after one of the victims saw Madhok at the social assistance office and went across 10th Avenue to the old Prince George RCMP detachment to alert police. The victim subsequently identified Madhok in a photo lineup.
Testifying Monday, Cindy Prince, one of the home's occupants, said the incident occurred during the early morning of Jan. 3, 2013.
She was awoken by a knock on the door and when she answered, Stewart and Madhok rushed in. Stewart pinned her boyfriend against a fridge in the kitchen while Madhok grabbed her hair and pressing what she initially thought was a weapon against her neck but might only have been a fist.
Prince said Madhok told her he wasn't going to leave without anything and, after letting her go, grabbed the items off the living room coffee table.
Prince, meanwhile, made her way to the other end of the coffee table where she grabbed three cellphones that were sitting there and then pretended to call someone. That was enough to prompt Madhok and Stewart to leave, she said.
She said the incident took less than five minutes and other than her pulled hair, there were no injuries.
Prince said she knew Madhok and Stewart for years and the two had visited the home as recently as the previous evening. She said she did not owe either of them any money despite Madhok telling her he was within his right to do what he was doing.
Prince said she waited so long to file a complaint with police because she was scared.
In all, the Crown plans to call six witnesses over the course of two days during the trial before judge alone.
