On the 13-09-12 at around 3.30 pm two teenage boys were the victims of a robbery as they walked from the Eltham Train Station. The two older male assailants stole iPhones from both victims. The teenage victims were not physically harmed. For victims of crime support and advice call 1800 000 055 or go to…
DetailsOn Tuesday the 11-09-12 at around 9.45 pm a fight broke out between two parties on a train travelling on the Belgrave line. The fight continued to the Bayswater Train Station during which a twenty-two-year-old male victim was stabbed multiple times to his abdomen. The victim was taked to hospital with non life threatening injuries.…
DetailsOn Monday the 10-09-12 at around 9.30 pm a male assailant aged between thirty and thirty-five years and armed with a knife attempted to hold up the Prahran KFC. The assailant jumped the counter and threatened staff with the knife but left empty handed as staff were unable to open the cash registers during the…
DetailsOn the 14-09-12 at around 8.15 pm two men were involved in an altercation outside a pizza shop in Lygon Street East Brunswick with the victim being struck with a machete. The forty-year-old victim sustained serious injuries and was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital. The assailant was described as being aged in his twenties…
DetailsIn 2011 – 2012 1386 prisoners of 1843 prisoners on parole breached their parole orders, a 30% increase over the previous year. 659 prisoners had their parole cancelled, including 107 who recorded another conviction. 3 Victorians were murdered by parole violators during 2011 – 2012. Sex offenders breached court-ordered conditions 1192 times, a more than…
DetailsDisability groups state that sexual and physical abuse is rampant amongst disabled people living in care. Kevin Stone, of the Disability Advocacy Group – Valid, said: “we know it’s happening…we think it’s the tip of the ice-burg…and it’s happening in far more services that we dare think…and not just in Victoria”. Colleen Pearce, Victorian Public…
DetailsOn Tuesday the 11-09-12 at around 8.55 pm a male assailant held up the Chelsea Heights Milk Bar with a shotgun. During the robbery a dog was shot dead. Some ten minutes later the Edithvale Milk Bar was also help up and police believe that the same assailant is responsible for both incidents. If you…
DetailsOn Thursday the 13-09-12 at around 6.00 pm a male assailant in his twenties entered the Mooroolbark Convenience Store and threatened the teenage staff member with a machete. The assailant then walked behind the shop counter, pushing the staff member away, before fleeing towards Maroondah Highway. On the same day an assailant armed with a…
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