On the 02-02-12 an off-duty senior police officer was attacked by two male assailants and one female assailant with a piece of timber and bricks and sustained face and upper body injuries after having previously spoken to two people regarding alleged drug activity at the Reservoir station. Transit police are calling for witnesses to this [...]
[ Read More ]Victims of Crime Counselling and Compensation Services, Victoria
Victims of Crime Counselling and Compensation Services provides a totally free, prompt, professional and complete compensation and counselling service to victims of crime in Victoria.
Crime Compensation can be up to $100,000.00. Compensation to a primary victim of crime can be to $70,000.00 and a secondary victim of crime to $60,000.00.
Complete our ONLINE ENQUIRY FORM now for immediate assistance or FREECALL 1800 000 055 for advice.
Are You Eligible?
You may be eligible for crimes compensation and other support if :
- You have been directly injured as the result of a crime in Victoria
- You have suffered either physically or psychologically
- The crime was reported to police and you have a police statement
- The crime was committed in Victoria in the last 2 years*
- You are related to a crime victim
Crimes that may have impacted you or others include : physical assault, sexual assault, rape, domestic violence, domestic abuse, violent robbery, aggravated burglary, child abuse, childhood sexual abuse, stalking, threats to kill, workplace assault, murder, culpable driving, dangerous driving, bullying, breach of intervention order or any other crime committed against a person. Matters such as childhood sexual abuse and ongoing domestic violence may have occurred beyond 2 years*.
NEWS AND INFORMATION
There has been a recent spate of sexual attacks in the Brunswick and Coburg areas. On the 25-01-12 at around 9.00 am a twenty-seven-year-old woman was collecting items from a motor vehicle when a male assailant wrapped his arms around her from behind and assaulted her. On the 17-09-12 at around 10.15 am a thirty-year-old [...]
[ Read More ]On the 30-01-12 at around 10.30 pm a twenty-three-year-old female got of a tram followed by two youths. One of the youths soon grabbed and pushed her and threatened her with a hammer demanding that she hand over her mobile phone and cash. The female described being very fearful for her safety and fortunately only [...]
[ Read More ]On 16-02-12 at around 3.00 am a male carrying a gun and wearing a balaclava ran into the Albion Charles Hotel and approached staff and demanded money. Hotel Employees gave the assailant the money and he then fled through nearby parkland. Armed robberies in Victorian Hotels and Tabarets are now a common occurrence and often result [...]
[ Read More ]Stephen Parnis, Vice-President of the AMA Victoria, recently said in the media that ”something like 90% of Emergency Nurses have been subjected to physical violence and some 5% of General Practitioners have been threatened with weapons”. Health workers are often facing violence from people with a range of problems including drug and alcohol and mental [...]
[ Read More ]On the 18-02-11 at around 6.40 pm the male victim was sitting in his motor vehicle when he was approached by two male assailants who demanded that he get out of his motor vehicle. The victim refused and was then slashed several times with the machete and forced out of his motor vehicle. The assailants [...]
[ Read More ]On the 30-01-12 at around midday a twenty-three-year-old female discovered two unknown young adult males, one armed with a metal bar, in her backyard. The female confronted the men and she was then verbally threatened and fortunately unharmed before the assailants fled. In Victoria in 2010 there was an average of seventy eight reported physical [...]
[ Read More ]On the 15-02-12 just after 11.00 pm an unknown male offender wearing a balaclava and armed with a shot gun entered the High Street Pizza Shop and demanded staff hand over cash which they did and the assailant then fled. In Victoria in 2010 there were approximately three armed robberies each day. Victims of such [...]
[ Read More ]Just after 9.00 am on the 10-02-12 the seventy-eight-year-old victim walked past a male who appeared to be tying up his shoelaces. The male then approached the victim from behind and attempted to steal his wallet from his rear pocket at which time a struggle ensued before the offender fled with the wallet in dark [...]
[ Read More ]At around 6.40 am on the 20-01-12 a young woman was standing at a bus stop when a male assailant riding a bike approached her and grabbed her handbag and a struggle ensued during which the assailant stabbed the woman’s arm with a screw driver before fleeing empty handed on his bike. Fortunately the victim [...]
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