On Tuesday the 16-10-12 at around 10.30 pm three masked male assailants armed with a gun forced there was into the Wyndham Vale home and assaulted the thirty-one-year-old female occupant, striking her to the head and body, before stealing her Holden Commodore motor vehicle. Two other females were present at the time. The female victim…
DetailsOn Saturday the 13-10-12 at around 11.00 pm a female victim heard loud banging on the front door of her Melton home. As the female opened her front door she was confronted by a male assailant in his twenties who forced his way into the victim’s home where he proceeded to sexually assault her. If…
DetailsOn Saturday the 13-10-12 at around midnight a thirty-year-old taxi driver was physically assaulted and robbed by a twenty-year-old male and a nineteen-year-old female. The assailants were captured on the taxi CCTV and were arrested a short time later. For financial support and professional advice call Victims of Crime Compensation Victoria 1800 000 055 or…
DetailsOn Sunday the 14-10-12 at around 10.30 pm a fight broke out outside the Anglers Tavern Hotel in Maribyrnong between two groups which resulted in three males sustaining stab wounds. The victims were treated at the Royal Melbourne and Footscray Hospitals. Police are currently investigating the altercation and no one has been charged to date. For…
DetailsOn 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…
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