On the 28-07-12 at around 8.10 pm a forty-five-year-old female delivering a pizza in Seaford was assaulted several times to her face by a male demanding her money. The female victim handed over a small amount of money and the assailant fled on a bike. If you have been the victim of a physical assault…
DetailsOn the 21-07-12 at around midnight a fight arose outside the Paradise Hotel after a Security Guard asked a patron to leave resulting in the Security Guard being attacked by four other men. Two other Security Guards then came to his aid and were also set upon resulting in all three Security Guards sustaining injuries…
DetailsOn the 24-07-12 just before midnight a twenty-year-old male victim was stabbed outside his Wantirna home by two or more assailants and is current being treated at the Royal Melbourne Hospital for stab wounds and head injuries. If you have been the victim of a physical assault contact Victims of Crime Counselling & Compensation Services…
DetailsOn the 20-07-12 sometime between 3.00 pm and 5.00 pm a sixty-one-year-old female sustained very serious injuries to her upper body while working in her bookshop in Altona. The victim was taken to the Alfred Hospital with life-threatening injuries and the police are appealing to the public for any information. If you have been the…
DetailsOn 16-07-12 at around 10.00 pm a male was struck to the head with a baseball bat and stabbed by a male assailant aged in his fifties in Box Hill. The victim was treated at the Alfred Hospital and the assailant has not been apprehended to date. If you have been the victim of a…
DetailsOn the 30-06-12 a twenty-two-year-old male victim was seriously physically assaulted in Morwell by a known twenty-one-year-old male who has since been charged and remanded in custody while the victim was air lifted to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in a serious condition. If you have been the victim of a physical assault contact Victims of…
DetailsOn the 03-06-12 at around 6.30 pm a disabled twenty-year-old male was walking home with a take away pizza in Clifton Hill when he was approached by a male assailant who kicked him to his stomach and stole his pizza. The victim sustained a lacerated lived and was hospitalized for five days at the St…
DetailsOn the 16-06-12 a forty-four-year-old male was walking along a footpath in Rowville when a motor vehicle stopped beside him and an argument arose with two known males from the motor vehicle and who proceeded to physically assault the victim and he was subsequently transported by ambulance to the Dandenong Hospital and treated for serious…
DetailsOn the 03-02-12 at around 10.00 pm an eighteen-year-old male was seriously physically assaulted while walking to a friend’s home in Wantirna South. The victim said that the three assailants approached him as he walked past the skate park and then attacked him for no apparent reason. He said that the assailants appeared intoxicated. The…
DetailsOn the 20-02-12 sometime before 9.30 pm a twenty-six-year-old male was walking home after visiting friends when he was confronted by a group of men who glassed him and knocked him unconscious causing face and head injuries and he was later treated at the Dandenong Hospital. If you have been the victim of a physical…
DetailsOn the 17-01-12 at around 3.55 pm a seventeen-year-old St. Albans boy was assaulted in the CBD after stepping off a tram suffering facial fractures. The victim reported being concussed and unable to recall details of the incident. In you have been the victim of a physical assault or similar crime in Victoria contact Victims…
DetailsOn the 05-02-12 the thirty-three-year-old Indian man was attacked by a group of unknown male assailants who quickly fled the scene. The victim sustained a broken jaw which was surgically treated at the St Vincent’s Hospital. In you have been the victim of a physical assault or similar crime contact Victims of Crime Counselling &…
DetailsOn the 02-02-12 an off-duty senior police officer was attacked by two male assailants and one female assailant with a piece of timber and bricks and sustained face and upper body injuries after having previously spoken to two people regarding alleged drug activity at the Reservoir station. Transit police are calling for witnesses to this serious…
DetailsAt around 6.40 am on the 20-01-12 a young woman was standing at a bus stop when a male assailant riding a bike approached her and grabbed her handbag and a struggle ensued during which the assailant stabbed the woman’s arm with a screw driver before fleeing empty handed on his bike. Fortunately the victim…
DetailsAt around 3.00 pm on the 12-02-12 a male offender allegedly attempted to remove the sixty-three-year-old victim’s wallet from his pocked resulting in a struggle. A forty-four-year-old woman came the victim’s aid and was punched to the face by a female offender. The assailants then alighted from the tram followed by the male victim and…
DetailsOn the 06-11-11 at around 4:15 pm a passing motorist witnessed a collision between a small green hatchback and a parked motor vehicle and when he stopped and alighted in order to record the offender’s motor vehicle registration he was assaulted, including being kick to the back, by the offender. In Victoria in 2010 there…
DetailsOn the 01-01-12 at around 12:50 am two teenage youths approached the victim at the Newport Railway Station and after a verbal altercation the victim was struck to the head with a glass bottle resulting in lacerations to his head and face. The assailants then left the station with a group of others Railway stations…
DetailsCCTV has been shown to be a very effective tool in both the arrest of offenders and in the criminal justice system to assist with conviction and sentencing. A recent incident in Richmond involved a victim who was lost and who was subsequently directed by the assailant to a secluded location where the assailant proceeded…
DetailsA recent study has shown that Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is a predictor of suicide. Individuals exposed to trauma, such as a physical assault, and go on to develop PTSD, are up to three times more likely to attempt suicide compared with those individuals who did not develop PTSD. Treatment considerations for those individuals suffering from PTSD should therefore…
DetailsIn 2005 to 2006 Australians expenditure on the criminal justice system was around $8.5 Billion. In 2006 there were over 200,000 violent crimes in Australia. Physical assaults represent the majority of violent crimes, with an increase of 50% between 1996 to 2006 to over 170,000 physical assaults. Physical assaults are most likely to occur in…
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