On the 28-02-13 at around 12.45 am two male assailants, dressed as police officers, kicked down the door of the Dianne Avenue house in Craigieburn which contained a female resident and her child. The assailants produced a badge and searched the house stealing the woman’s purse before leaving. The offenders were described as being of Middle…
DetailsBy Nicky Davis victim and leader of SNAP Australia (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests). When the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse sat for the first time recently, there were smiles among those who had long campaigned for justice for Australia’s forgotten children. But for the survivors it was not…
DetailsOn the 10-04-13 a sixty-one-year-old male victim was approached by a male assailant outside the Bendigo Club demanding his wallet. The assailant told the victim he had a gun and physically assaulted the victim before stealing his wallet and fleeing. The victim was treated at the Bendigo Hospital for cuts and bruises. Bendigo detectives are…
DetailsOn the 06-04-13 four females all aged in their early twenties were walking through a laneway in Albury when two males ran towards them with one of the males indecently assaulting one of the females before fleeing. Albury police are appealing for witnesses. If you have been the victim of a physical or sexual assault…
DetailsDiscuss the impact of environmental factors, in particular crime and trauma, on the psychological development of an individual. Discuss the impact of ‘nature versus nurture’ in the context of crime, both the perspective of the victim and the criminal. By Arhita Del Fierro Year 11 Student Caroline Chisholm Catholic College Crime and trauma are major…
DetailsOn Friday the 5th April 2013 at around 2.00 am a male offender smashed a glass door with a metal pole to gain access to the Gaffney Street Pascoe Vale Service Station. The offender then threatened the Shop Assistant with a knife demanding cash before running from the scene with a small amount of money.…
DetailsOn the 07-04-13 at around 6.30 pm two male offenders entered a Milk Bar on Gleneagles Drive in Endeavour Hills with a baseball bat and an axe. One offender used the axe to access the cash register and take it while the second offender kept watch at the front of the Milk Bar and they…
DetailsOn Tuesday the 09-04-13 at around 11.40 am a masked assailant armed with a knife entered a licensed retail store on Clayton Road in Clayton demanding cash. The staff member handed over cash and the assailant then fled on foot. For victims of crime support and advice call 1800 000 055 or go to www.victimsofcrime.com.au…
DetailsOn Thursday the 04-04-13 at around 8.45 pm two assailants wearing balaclavas entered the Milk Bar on Nicholson Street in Meadow Heights threatening the twenty-two-year-old shop assistant with a knife. The female shop assistant then produced a baseball bat to defend herself at which time she was sprayed with capsicum spray by the assailant. The…
DetailsOn Saturday the 06-04-13 at around 3.00 am two off duty police officers were assaulted by members of the Bandidos motorcycle gang at a hotel on Hare Street in Echuca. Both police officers were injured and one taken to hospital with facial injuries. Local detectives are investigating the incident. Also on the 06-04-13 two police officers…
DetailsOn the 02-04-13 at around 3.30 pm a male in his seventies was stabbed multiple times to his chest outside his home in Little Ferguson Street Williamstown. Police later arrested a male nearby who was known to the victim. The victim was described as being in a serious but stable condition as the result of…
DetailsOn the 23-03-13 at around 11.30 pm a molotov cocktail was thrown through the window of a home in Yarrinup Avenue Chadstone endangering the lives of the five occupants. A twenty-three-year-old male has since been charged with conduct endangering life. If you have been the victim of arson or other violent crime contact Victims of…
DetailsOn the 13-03-13 at around 8.15 am a male offender sexually assaulted two teenage girls in Rowville as they were walking to school. Knox detectives have since arrested a twenty-six-year-old male. If you have been the victim of a sexual assault call Victims of Crime Compensation & Counselling Services Victoria for immediate assistance on 1800…
DetailsOn Monday the 08-04-13 just before midnight a twenty-six-year-old male was walking along the Burwood Highway in East Burwood when he was approached by four teenagers, two males and two females. The four teenagers demanded cash from the victim before stabbing him and then fleeing. The victim sustained a stab wound to his back and…
DetailsOn Saturday the 7th April 2013 police discovered the body of a twenty-nine-year-old female in Doveton Street Ballarat. Homicide detectives have since charged a twenty-nine-year-old male with murder who was remanded in custody to appear at the Ballarat Magistrate’s Court. Victims of crime for financial support and professional advice call Victims of Crime Compensation Victoria…
DetailsOn the 18-02-13 at around 9.20 am a masked male assailant armed with a sword entered a Milk Bar in Hayfield Road Roxburgh Park and attempted to walk behind the counter. The staff member challenged the assailant who then fled. The offender was described as being aged in his late teenage years and of medium…
DetailsOn Sunday the 7th April at around 5.00 am police arrived at a home in St Albans to find a twenty-year-old female shot dead. Later that day, at around 8.30 pm, homicide detectives charged and arrested a twenty-two-year-old male who was taken to Sunshine police station. Police believe that the two were known to each…
DetailsOn the 01-04-13 a male offender dressed in a pin striped suit held up two shops in Carlton North and Brunswick East. At around 2.45 pm he entered a bottle shop on Nicholson Street in Carlton North and after a brief chat with shop assistants he indicated that he had a gun and stole cash…
DetailsOn Saturday the 06-04-13 at around 8.30 pm police attended an address on Beleura Way in Seabrook where they located a deceased twenty-eight-year-old male from Altona Meadows. Homicide detectives have charged a thirty-two-year-old Seabrook man with murder and who was remanded in custody to appear at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court. Victims of crime for financial…
DetailsOn the 04-04-13 at around 9.00 am a twenty-five-year-old male was delivering promotional material to homes in Broadhurst Avenue in Reservoir when a motor vehicle pulled up beside him. After a brief conversation the male motorist demanded the victim’s wallet and mobile phone and fearing for his safety the victim gave the assailants these items…
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