On Friday the 26-04-13 at around midday a forty-two-year-old female from Reservoir was walking along the Merri Creek bike path in Fawkner when she noticed a male sitting on a park bench looking at her. The male then asked her for the time and as she went to check her watch he grabbed her and…
DetailsOn the 20th April 2013 at around 2.00 pm a male assailant entered a licensed premises on Cumberland Road in Pascoe Vale and threatened the attendant with a tomahawk. The assailant then opened the register and removed cash before fleeing on foot. The offender was described as being of Pacific Island/Maori appearance with a long…
DetailsOn Monday the 10-04-13 at around 1.30 pm a male assailant physically assaulted a twenty-six-year-old male victim with a weapon causing serious injuries on Dundas Street in Preston before robbing him. At around 3.00 pm the same day the same assailant entered a tatts lotto shop in Carlton North and demanded money from the forty-seven-year-old…
DetailsOn the 25-03-13 at around 3.50 am a twenty-four-year-old male resident awoke to find a burglar going through his bedside table in his Newmarket Street home in Newmarket. The victim jumped out of bed and confronted the offender who ran through a rear door and fled along railway tracks. Two other occupants were at home…
DetailsOn Saturday the 20-04-13 at around 4.30 am a taxi driver was physically assaulted by a male passenger in Montmorency. The taxi driver collected four passengers in Ringwood and during the fare one of the passengers was behaving inappropriately and verbally abusing the taxi driver. The taxi driver then stopped on Main Road and asked…
DetailsOn the 19-04-13 at around 5.45 pm a female was jogging through Burndap Park in Maribyrnong when a male rode past her on a bike. The male then got off his bike and approached the female before punching her to the face and then leading her into adjacent parkland where she was sexually assaulted. Footscray…
DetailsDuring the morning of Saturday the 20-04-13 two men believed to be know to each other were involved in an altercation during which one of the men produced a gun and stole cash from the other in Bendigo. Later that morning at around 5.15 am police arrested a nineteen-year-old male and charged him with a…
DetailsOn the 15-04-13 at around 4.20 am a masked female assailant entered a Queen Street Convenience Store and told staff that she was armed with a weapon and staff then handed over money from the till and the assailant left. Melbourne Embona detectives are investigating the incident. Victims of armed robbery at work call 1800 000…
DetailsWhere a person has been found guilty of an offence, you can seek a court order against the offender for compensation for any pain and suffering you have experienced as a result of the crime. The compensation order may also cover the loss, destruction or damage of your property. These orders are made by the…
DetailsThe VOCAT Application Process VOCAT is an administrative tribunal within the Court, constituted by members who are also magistrates of the Court. This means victims of crime gain acknowledgement of their experiences by a judicial officer in the criminal justice system, but in the more flexible, informal and intimate manner afforded by an administrative tribunal.…
DetailsOn the 17-04-13 just after 12.00 noon a male assailant threatened staff at the Annesley Street Pharmacy in Echuca with a shotgun demanding cash. A forty-one-year-old man was soon arrested to appear at the Bendigo Magistrates Court today. Victims of armed robbery for financial support and professional advice call Victims of Crime Compensation Victoria on…
DetailsSupportLink provides a national referral and diversion gateway for police and other emergency services to participate in early intervention. The role of SupportLink is to: Establish and support formal referral partnerships with government and non government agencies for police to refer to. Provide a single referral and diversion gateway for operational police. Monitor and support…
DetailsAccording to the Victims of Crime Commissioner the ACT Victims of Crime Scheme is an extremely complicated process and there are often extensive delays. Victims can miss out on compensation because their injuries are not considered to be ‘extremely serious’ according to John Hinchey. He also said that “there is a significant number of people…
DetailsOn Sunday the 14-04-13 at around 3.00 am a nineteen-year-old female from Frankston was punched to the head in the middle of Chapel Street outside a South Yarra nightclub by a male assailant. The victim was treated at The Alfred Hospital with head injuries. Police are appealing for witnesses. Victims of assault call 1800 000 055…
DetailsHelp Solve My Crime, unlike Crime Stoppers, is a real time crime reporting platform utilizing the online community. Help Solve My Crime assists victims of crime to solve, reduce and prevent crime in partnership with their community. Help Solve My Crime allows victims to immediately report a crime, enlist the assistance of others to solve…
DetailsThe Attorney-General, Robert Clark, has move a Bill that will abolish suspended sentences, a move welcomed by victims of crime advocates. Suspended Sentences will first be abolished from the Supreme and County Courts in December 2013. From the start of September 2014 Magistrates will also lose the power to impose suspended sentences. ‘The new laws…
DetailsIn 2010- 2011 Victoria police were sent out to 25,000 more assaults, including physical assaults, brawls, domestic arguments and neighbourhood disputes, in Melbourne and Geelong by triple-0 dispatchers than were recorded in Victoria Police crime figures according to the Herald Sun. Since the 2009 findings that police had abused recording procedures to improve crime clearance…
DetailsOn the evening of the 17-04-13 a female aged in her twenties was shot in Avondale Heights. At around 9.30 pm the injured female and two males presented at a service station in Military Road in Avondale Heights and the police an ambulance were called. The injured female was then taken to the Royal Melbourne…
DetailsOn Tuesday 16-04-13 at around 3.00 pm a female was walking along Holehouse Street in Sunshine North pushing a pram containing a child when the male assailant ran up behind her and grabbed her and placed his hands down her top. The victim screamed and there was a struggle during which they both fell to…
DetailsOn the 08-04-13 at around 1.25 am a male assailant struck a Service Station Attendant working at the Bluff Road Service Station in Hampton with a meat cleaver. The assailant then stole cash from both cash registers before fleeing with an accomplice. The assailant was described as being of Islander appearance and aged in his…
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