On Sunday the 06-10-12 just before midday a sixty-eight-year-old woman was placing her groceries in the boot of her motor vehicle together with her husband when a male assailant in his twenties approached her and pushed her to the ground. The elderly female victim sustained suffered broken wrists and a cracked spine. It is believed…
DetailsOn the 15-10-12 at around 5.45 pm three male assailants approached the twenty-three-year-old male victim in the street and proceeded to assault him with a cricket bat. The victim suffered serious facial fractures and was taken to the Austin Hospital. A green Holden Commodore motor vehicle was seen in the area at the time according…
DetailsOn the 15-10-12 just before 6.00 pm a police officer intercepted an adult male after he was speeding along the Mallee Highway in Northern Victoria. The male reported a positive breath test for alcohol and then refused to be compliant and proceeded to physically assault the police officer before fleeing in the police vehicle. The…
DetailsReports of abuse, neglect and assault in mental health, disability and supported housing services have more than doubled in the past three years, with 439 incidents of category 1 assaults in Victorian disability services last financial year. The Department of Human Services recorded 112 cases of alleged ”staff-to-client” abuse in 2011-12 in government and community…
DetailsOn Friday the 12-10-12 at around 2.00 am two male assailants wearing balaclavas smashed there was into the Forest Hill Petrol Station on Springvale Road and threatened the service station worker with a knife. The assailants demanded all the notes before running off on foot to a nearby park where they fled in a waiting…
DetailsOver the past year there have been six armed robberies committed against Hungry Jacks Restaurants in Victoria and police believe that the same male offender aged in his thirties may be responsible for all the robberies. On the 24-06-11 at around 4.45 am a male offender armed with a knife entered the Hungry Jacks restaurant…
DetailsRobert Doyle, Melbourne Lord Mayor, has pledged more CCTV security cameras and a new mega taxi rank in Bourke Street to improve safety in the Melbourne CBD. Robert Doyle said that while these measures are important the community also needs to address the current youth culture. He said that many young males feel alienated and…
DetailsAccording to Community lawyers there has been a significant increase in the amount of work they do to prevent domestic violence with their casework increasing by 70% in the last five years. Hugh de Kretser, Federation of Community Legal Centres, stated that there has been a massive increase in reports of family violence to police…
DetailsOn Monday the 08-10-12 at around 4.30 am a male assailant wearing a hoodie entered the Hoppers Crossing Service Station on Old Geelong Road armed with an axe. The assailant threatened staff with the weapon before fleeing with cash and cigarettes. Police believe that the assailant may have escaped in a white panel van motor…
DetailsGreg Smith, NSW Attorney-General, is considering abolishing some types of compensation for victims of crime in a bid to cut costs. Mr Smith said “we want the scheme to provide prompt and practical financial support for victims of crime rather than being a drawn-out process that delivers lump sum payments to people long after their…
DetailsAccording to David Finkelhor, Professor of Sociology at the University of New Hampshire, “for most victims of sexual abuse sending the offender to jail is not the most important thing. Their top priority is to be believed, to receive an apology or to restore their sense of trust”. For the families damaged by disclosures of…
DetailsTed Baillieu, Victorian Premier, has unveiled a plan to curb family violence. The plan contains initiatives such as working with schools to incorporate more respectful relationships. Working with the media on reporting domestic violence. As well as creating community awareness of domestic violence and how to respond. Premier Baillieu said “violence against women and children…
DetailsTheresa May, British Home Secretary, said that she wants to “change the law to empower victims to ensure they get some form of reparation by choosing from a “menu” of punishment options that would include a form of restorative justice”. The “community remedy” would be used for low-level crime and the police and crime commissioners…
DetailsIn light of Jill Meagher’s murder many are now asking what can be done to ensure that potential rapists and killers are stopped. Some are calling for indefinite sentences but Frances Nelson, South Australian Parole Board Chief, believes that simply increasing sentences won’t solve the problem as almost all offenders will one day be released…
DetailsOn Thursday the 04-10-12 a twenty-three-year-old Indian woman, Sargun Ragi, was stabbed to death and set on fire in her home in Kew. Her estranged husband, Avjit Singh, is believed to have killed her and who then died in the fire in a murder-suicide. Ms Ragi had an intervention order against the assailant which he…
DetailsThe Office of Crime Prevention in Western Australia is handing out free anti-burglary kits to victims of crime in that state. The kits contain security floodlights, window locks and door entry alarms. Kelly Howlett, The Mayor of Port Hedland, said that 200 kits are available and will be given to victims of home robberies. The…
DetailsOn the 30-09-12 at around 8.50 pm a male assailant wearing a balaclava entered Luks Pharmacy in Ferntree Gully and threatened staff with a kitchen knife demanding money A similar armed robbery was committed several weeks earlier at the same pharmacy when an assailant wearing a balaclava threatened staff with a knife and fled with…
DetailsOn Monday the 08-10-12 at around 3.00 am up to five male assailants wearing balaclavas entered a home on Blackburn Road in Blackburn South and threatened the young occupants with weapons, including a samurai sword. The twenty-two-year-old male was attacked before the assailants fled. Police are appealing for witnesses. For victims of crime support and…
DetailsOn the 07-10-12 at around 4.00 pm a family was the victim of a road rage incident outside a Milk Bar in Endeavour Hills. It is alleged that a Caucasian female aged in her forties and driving a four wheel drive motor vehicle verbally and racially abused the family while a second motor vehicle being…
DetailsTony Abbott, Federal Opposition Leader, announced today that the Coalition government will spend $50 million installing CCTV cameras, funds which will be diverted from the Commonwealth victims of crime fund. Mr Abbott said “I want our communities to be safe… and that we ought to be able to enjoy our communities free from fear.” Ted…
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