19 March 2013

Teen muggers in Dickson

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ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an aggravated robbery that occurred in Dickson yesterday (Monday, 18 March).

Around 9.45pm a 33-year-old man was walking home from the Dickson Shops to his address in Hackett when he observed three young men who were allegedly harassing a person ahead of him on the path.

Moments later the 33-year-old man was approached by the same three young men and was pushed in the chest. Several threats were made before the men fled the area with a small sum of cash.

The first offender is described as approximately 13 years of age, light skinned, short brown curly hair and had crooked teeth. He was wearing a grey jumper and had a backpack.

The second boy is described as approximately 15-16 years of age, 168cm tall, light brown skin with a chubby face.

The third is described as approximately 15-16 years of age, 165cm tall, dark skin, with curly black hair. He was also holding a stick in his hand.

Police would like to speak to a jogger who may have been in the area during the incident as well as the person who was first harassed by the juveniles.

Anyone who may have been in the area at the time and can assist police with their investigation is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or at www.act.crimestoppers.com.au. Information can be provided anonymously.

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Ghettosmurf87 said :

There is no reduction in the amount of punishment being handed out when someone gets longer to pay their fine, though there is a lessening of the impacton their lives.

Surely the point of the monetary fine is to have an impact on the life of the perpetrator, therefore reducing that impact on their lives reduces the amount of punishment the perpetrator feels, even though the numerical dollar value remains unchanged.

Aaaaah.

It was all a joke and it didn’t mean anything.

Well done. For a second I almost mistook you for a frothing at the mouth rabid wingnut with a visceral hatred for anyone who wants to reduce punitive measures.

But it was obviously just a joke.

Very funny

Yes, just a joke Jim. I didn’t really think even someone as crim friendly as Simon “Get out of jail free” Corbell would go for this idea; “if the thugs are poor/disadvantaged, will they get more time to pay their fine/less time in jail/litter picking duty.

It was a play on this; ““The scheme will include options to pay penalties in instalments, or undertake community work or social development programs in place of payment,” said Mr Corbell.

I’m sorry you didn’t get the intended humour, I’ll try to simplify for you next time.

Not getting the joke must have hurt you for you to go to the extent of calling me a; “frothing at the mouth rabid wingnut with a visceral hatred for anyone who wants to reduce punitive measures.

Either that or you are exactly the sort of thing which you accuse me of, however with a left-wing bent.

I won’t ask you to apologise though.

Ben_Dover said :

Ghettosmurf87 said :

Let’s break this down, you are equating more time to pay fines (as suggested by “Corbells new lunatic ideas”) for people who are poor/disadvantaged with the concept of punishment being reduced (less time in jail/litter picking duty) should a criminal be poor/disadvantaged.

I made a joke about a joke idea, yes.

Ghettosmurf87 said :

There is no reduction in the amount of punishment being handed out when someone gets longer to pay their fine, though there is a lessening of the impacton their lives.

Never said there was any reduction, that is all in your mind..

Ghettosmurf87 said :

The equivalent to this, should “Corbells new lunatic ideas” be applied to criminal sentences as well as to parking infringements, would be weekend detention (for jail terms) or an extention of the time someone has to complete their community service (litter picking duty), rather than an actual reduction in the amount of the sentence.

Yes, that is your equivalence, suggested by you. It has nothing to do with anything I have written.

Ghettosmurf87 said :

Therefore it is rather disingenuous to lump a reduction in something (jail time/community service) with a larger period to complete a punishment unless you believe the two are equivalent. Why else would you suggest that Corbell’s proposal could see criminals have their sentences reduced?

I never did any such thing, didn’t lump anything together, made no equivalence, never even suggested that it could see people having their sentences reduced.
It’s all in your fevered imagination.
I merely made light of Corbell’s latest hair brained scheme.

Remedial reading classes are available.

Aaaaah.

It was all a joke and it didn’t mean anything.

Well done. For a second I almost mistook you for a frothing at the mouth rabid wingnut with a visceral hatred for anyone who wants to reduce punitive measures.

But it was obviously just a joke.

Very funny.

Ben_Dover said :

If the thugs are poor/disavantaged, will they get more time to pay their fine/less time in jail/litter picking duty, under Corbells new lunatic ideas?

You’re absolutely spot on there Ben,Lord Corbell is an absolute genius and never short of a brilliant idea!

Ghettosmurf87 said :

Let’s break this down, you are equating more time to pay fines (as suggested by “Corbells new lunatic ideas”) for people who are poor/disadvantaged with the concept of punishment being reduced (less time in jail/litter picking duty) should a criminal be poor/disadvantaged.

I made a joke about a joke idea, yes.

Ghettosmurf87 said :

There is no reduction in the amount of punishment being handed out when someone gets longer to pay their fine, though there is a lessening of the impacton their lives.

Never said there was any reduction, that is all in your mind..

Ghettosmurf87 said :

The equivalent to this, should “Corbells new lunatic ideas” be applied to criminal sentences as well as to parking infringements, would be weekend detention (for jail terms) or an extention of the time someone has to complete their community service (litter picking duty), rather than an actual reduction in the amount of the sentence.

Yes, that is your equivalence, suggested by you. It has nothing to do with anything I have written.

Ghettosmurf87 said :

Therefore it is rather disingenuous to lump a reduction in something (jail time/community service) with a larger period to complete a punishment unless you believe the two are equivalent. Why else would you suggest that Corbell’s proposal could see criminals have their sentences reduced?

I never did any such thing, didn’t lump anything together, made no equivalence, never even suggested that it could see people having their sentences reduced.
It’s all in your fevered imagination.
I merely made light of Corbell’s latest hair brained scheme.

Remedial reading classes are available.

Ghettosmurf872:27 pm 22 Mar 13

Ben_Dover said :

If the thugs are poor/disavantaged, will they get more time to pay their fine/less time in jail/litter picking duty, under Corbells new lunatic ideas?

Let’s break this down, you are equating more time to pay fines (as suggested by “Corbells new lunatic ideas”) for people who are poor/disadvantaged with the concept of punishment being reduced (less time in jail/litter picking duty) should a criminal be poor/disadvantaged.

There is no reduction in the amount of punishment being handed out when someone gets longer to pay their fine, though there is a lessening of the impacton their lives.

The equivalent to this, should “Corbells new lunatic ideas” be applied to criminal sentences as well as to parking infringements, would be weekend detention (for jail terms) or an extention of the time someone has to complete their community service (litter picking duty), rather than an actual reduction in the amount of the sentence.

Therefore it is rather disingenuous to lump a reduction in something (jail time/community service) with a larger period to complete a punishment unless you believe the two are equivalent. Why else would you suggest that Corbell’s proposal could see criminals have their sentences reduced?

All that foaming at the mouth isn’t really helping your cause much.

Oh yawn… No foaming at the mouth, just my usual evisceration of someone who cannot read replying to something which wasn’t written.

Can you answer me this Jim; what does your irrelevant, and content free, criticism of my posting style add to the debate? Hmmmm…

Ben_Dover said :

Ghettosmurf87 said :

Ben_Dover said :

If the thugs are poor/disavantaged, will they get more time to pay their fine/less time in jail/litter picking duty, under Corbells new lunatic ideas?

Way to misrepresent the facts there. A longer period of time to pay a fine does NOT equate to a lesser fine.

Well now genius, can you show where anyone stated that; ‘”a longer period of time to pay a fine does equates to a lesser fine”?

Idiot.

Ghettosmurf87 said :

If you want to make a coherent argument while criticising the ability to pay a fine over a longer period, perhaps you would have suggested that they’d get to serve their sentence as weekend detention over a period 3.5 times longer, for the same total number of days as full time imprisonment.

If you want to criticise ANYTHING try starting with what people have actually written.

Ghettosmurf87 said :

Overblowing the truth and being hysterical leaves you with a flimsy argument purely aimed at scaremongering people into thinking that something is worse than it is.

Being utterly unable to read and respond to a coherent post, makes you look as thick as a brick. (cue music.)

All that foaming at the mouth isn’t really helping your cause much.

Ghettosmurf87 said :

Ben_Dover said :

If the thugs are poor/disavantaged, will they get more time to pay their fine/less time in jail/litter picking duty, under Corbells new lunatic ideas?

Way to misrepresent the facts there. A longer period of time to pay a fine does NOT equate to a lesser fine.

Well now genius, can you show where anyone stated that; ‘”a longer period of time to pay a fine does equates to a lesser fine”?

Idiot.

Ghettosmurf87 said :

If you want to make a coherent argument while criticising the ability to pay a fine over a longer period, perhaps you would have suggested that they’d get to serve their sentence as weekend detention over a period 3.5 times longer, for the same total number of days as full time imprisonment.

If you want to criticise ANYTHING try starting with what people have actually written.

Ghettosmurf87 said :

Overblowing the truth and being hysterical leaves you with a flimsy argument purely aimed at scaremongering people into thinking that something is worse than it is.

Being utterly unable to read and respond to a coherent post, makes you look as thick as a brick. (cue music.)

Jim Jones said :

kumadude said :

Ghettosmurf87 said :

Ben_Dover said :

If the thugs are poor/disavantaged, will they get more time to pay their fine/less time in jail/litter picking duty, under Corbells new lunatic ideas?

Way to misrepresent the facts there. A longer period of time to pay a fine does NOT equate to a lesser fine.

Actually it does equate to a lesser fine, twit. Please look up the concept of future value.

Oh yeah, a few extra cents. Maybe … even … A WHOLE DOLLAR!

: slow clap :

So…. If you get fined twice you can afford to go to the Scottish restaurant and buy a two buck burger!!!

That’s a win…

Way to stick it to the man!!!

kumadude said :

Ghettosmurf87 said :

Ben_Dover said :

If the thugs are poor/disavantaged, will they get more time to pay their fine/less time in jail/litter picking duty, under Corbells new lunatic ideas?

Way to misrepresent the facts there. A longer period of time to pay a fine does NOT equate to a lesser fine.

Actually it does equate to a lesser fine, twit. Please look up the concept of future value.

Oh yeah, a few extra cents. Maybe … even … A WHOLE DOLLAR!

: slow clap :

Ghettosmurf8710:32 am 22 Mar 13

kumadude said :

Ghettosmurf87 said :

Ben_Dover said :

If the thugs are poor/disavantaged, will they get more time to pay their fine/less time in jail/litter picking duty, under Corbells new lunatic ideas?

Way to misrepresent the facts there. A longer period of time to pay a fine does NOT equate to a lesser fine.

Actually it does equate to a lesser fine, twit. Please look up the concept of future value.

Oh wow….you want to come and personally insult me over the possibility that the government would have earnt a slightly larger amount of interest on the amount if it was paid entirely up front as opposed to over a longer period of time? You are talking about a very small amount here once you factor in inflation against the interest rate. You may as well also then mention that the person who pays their fine straight away gets a “lesser” fine than the person who pays it on the 28th day after they get fined. Sheesh!

No need to call me names, you could have just pointed out the fact that there is a possibility that it is SLIGHTLY lesser, all things considered. We are hardly talking big amounts here.

Ghettosmurf87 said :

Ben_Dover said :

If the thugs are poor/disavantaged, will they get more time to pay their fine/less time in jail/litter picking duty, under Corbells new lunatic ideas?

Way to misrepresent the facts there. A longer period of time to pay a fine does NOT equate to a lesser fine.

Actually it does equate to a lesser fine, twit. Please look up the concept of future value.

Ghettosmurf87 said :

Overblowing the truth and being hysterical leaves you with a flimsy argument purely aimed at scaremongering people into thinking that something is worse than it is.

Which is entirely the point

Vix said :

I know, I’m an ignoramus, but what’s “POS”?

A quantity of faecal matter

Ghettosmurf878:51 am 22 Mar 13

Ben_Dover said :

If the thugs are poor/disavantaged, will they get more time to pay their fine/less time in jail/litter picking duty, under Corbells new lunatic ideas?

Way to misrepresent the facts there. A longer period of time to pay a fine does NOT equate to a lesser fine.

If you want to make a coherent argument while criticising the ability to pay a fine over a longer period, perhaps you would have suggested that they’d get to serve their sentence as weekend detention over a period 3.5 times longer, for the same total number of days as full time imprisonment.

Overblowing the truth and being hysterical leaves you with a flimsy argument purely aimed at scaremongering people into thinking that something is worse than it is.

I know, I’m an ignoramus, but what’s “POS”?

Comic_and_Gamer_Nerd5:24 pm 21 Mar 13

Stevian thinks if you don’t give everything you have to POS’s then you deserve to die.

If the thugs are poor/disavantaged, will they get more time to pay their fine/less time in jail/litter picking duty, under Corbells new lunatic ideas?

Stevian said :

Pork Hunt said :

Stevian said :

Captain RAAF said :

Oh please god I hope these punks try to mug me!

Oh yes, then we won’t have to endure any more of your drivel, as you’ll be lying on a slab in a morgue

You knob.

Really? That’s the best you can do?

It’s at least as good as your attack on Capt RAAF. Besides, I’m on holidays at the South Coast and couldn’t be arsed…

Pork Hunt said :

Stevian said :

Captain RAAF said :

Oh please god I hope these punks try to mug me!

Oh yes, then we won’t have to endure any more of your drivel, as you’ll be lying on a slab in a morgue

You knob.

Really? That’s the best you can do?

Stevian said :

Captain RAAF said :

Oh please god I hope these punks try to mug me!

Oh yes, then we won’t have to endure any more of your drivel, as you’ll be lying on a slab in a morgue

You knob.

Captain RAAF said :

Oh please god I hope these punks try to mug me!

Oh yes, then we won’t have to endure any more of your drivel, as you’ll be lying on a slab in a morgue

johnboy said :

him, the large number of witnesses.

Not enough apparently.

These type of incidents happen way too often for my liking and leave me very disillusioned.

Captain RAAF2:54 pm 21 Mar 13

PBO said :

Captain RAAF said :

Oh please god I hope these punks try to mug me!

So you can call in support from the Army like a real RAAF person?

It’s OK to say that “If those punk did it to me I would rape the crap out of them with my fists, however, no one knows what they will do until they are faced with such a situation. Remember, this is the internet and we are all 12 ft tall ex navy seals and bulletproof until real life hits us.

Call in the Army for support? I’m ex Army and Close Quarter Battle qual’d.

Trained in unarmed Vs knife weilder, my instructor WO1 Laurie O’Real (MP and hardest man I ever met) said you are almost sure to get cut but after that it’s lights out for the perp.

Been in that situation several times, I’m still here!

johnboy said :

A friend in the force got beaten up in Civic quite badly a couple of years ago.

They did interview some suspects, but couldn’t get enough to charge.

Basically it seems you need CCTV of the assault.

So does that mean the cop that was beaten up could not identify the perpertrators?

him, the large number of witnesses.

Not enough apparently.

Girt_Hindrance said :

bundah said :

Girt_Hindrance said :

gazket said :

here is a tip. Just knock one of them out right at the start. 2 to go. They will probably piss there pants and run

I had a similar incident the night four guys of early twenties tried to roll me. I kept my wallet and phone but ended up with a couple of broken ribs. Snatched the baton from the weakest POS and swung it like a madman and they went running.
Took the details to the cop shop the next day, description, car make and model and partial rego although the Police didn’t even take a report. My main concern was that being at least 6’2″, they’d pick on someone smaller next time.

Are you seriously saying that after reporting the assault and attempted robbery the boys in blue fobbed you off? For if that is actually the case then that is absolutely pathetic and totally unacceptable.

Yep, unfortunately that’s what happened.
They explained they were not being able to run a partial plate when I was missing two out of six characters- I showed them the weapon they’d attacked me with and after further conversation wound up, I left without a resolution or making a report.
Also worth noting I was riding a bike and was wearing a cannon-ball helmet which saved me from most of the skull kicking, pretty much saved my brain and possibly my life. All this was explained to the Officers and it unfortunately went by the wayside.
I’ve no ongoing issue with the fact that I couldn’t take it further, but I am hopeful it’s the last time these knobs tried to rob anyone.

Not only were the attackers clearly POS’ i consider the attitude of the cop disgraceful.What would it take for them to chase this up? Does one need to be someone of importance or one of the boys? Not good enough!

A friend in the force got beaten up in Civic quite badly a couple of years ago.

They did interview some suspects, but couldn’t get enough to charge.

Basically it seems you need CCTV of the assault.

PBO said :

It’s OK to say that “If those punk did it to me I would rape the crap out of them with my fists, however, no one knows what they will do until they are faced with such a situation. Remember, this is the internet and we are all 12 ft tall ex navy seals and bulletproof until real life hits us.

Clearance Divers surely?

Captain RAAF said :

Oh please god I hope these punks try to mug me!

So you can call in support from the Army like a real RAAF person?

It’s OK to say that “If those punk did it to me I would rape the crap out of them with my fists, however, no one knows what they will do until they are faced with such a situation. Remember, this is the internet and we are all 12 ft tall ex navy seals and bulletproof until real life hits us.

Captain RAAF2:32 pm 21 Mar 13

Oh please god I hope these punks try to mug me!

gazket said :

here is a tip. Just knock one of them out right at the start. 2 to go. They will probably piss there pants and run

I did this at the back of Charny shops one day about five- six years ago. Three kids (teens) asked me for my wallet. I laughed and said, ‘f*ck off’.

They asked again, rather more threatening. No point discussing the situation so I belted the guy closest to me. He dropped like a stone. The others ran like they were being chased like a banshee, which they were, me, and I was mightly pissed off. Couldn’t catch them though.

Would I do it again? Dunno. But at this stage I was so affronted by the nerve of these kids to ask me for my wallet in broad daylight while I was doing so shopping.

You’re lucky you didnt get stabbed.

Girt_Hindrance12:47 pm 21 Mar 13

bundah said :

Girt_Hindrance said :

gazket said :

here is a tip. Just knock one of them out right at the start. 2 to go. They will probably piss there pants and run

I had a similar incident the night four guys of early twenties tried to roll me. I kept my wallet and phone but ended up with a couple of broken ribs. Snatched the baton from the weakest POS and swung it like a madman and they went running.
Took the details to the cop shop the next day, description, car make and model and partial rego although the Police didn’t even take a report. My main concern was that being at least 6’2″, they’d pick on someone smaller next time.

Are you seriously saying that after reporting the assault and attempted robbery the boys in blue fobbed you off? For if that is actually the case then that is absolutely pathetic and totally unacceptable.

Yep, unfortunately that’s what happened.
They explained they were not being able to run a partial plate when I was missing two out of six characters- I showed them the weapon they’d attacked me with and after further conversation wound up, I left without a resolution or making a report.
Also worth noting I was riding a bike and was wearing a cannon-ball helmet which saved me from most of the skull kicking, pretty much saved my brain and possibly my life. All this was explained to the Officers and it unfortunately went by the wayside.
I’ve no ongoing issue with the fact that I couldn’t take it further, but I am hopeful it’s the last time these knobs tried to rob anyone.

Comic_and_Gamer_Nerd said :

bundah said :

Girt_Hindrance said :

gazket said :

here is a tip. Just knock one of them out right at the start. 2 to go. They will probably piss there pants and run

I had a similar incident the night four guys of early twenties tried to roll me. I kept my wallet and phone but ended up with a couple of broken ribs. Snatched the baton from the weakest POS and swung it like a madman and they went running.
Took the details to the cop shop the next day, description, car make and model and partial rego although the Police didn’t even take a report. My main concern was that being at least 6’2″, they’d pick on someone smaller next time.

Are you seriously saying that after reporting the assault and attempted robbery the boys in blue fobbed you off? For if that is actually the case then that is absolutely pathetic and totally unacceptable.

Why so surprised?

True you’d need to get the shite kicked out of you before it was considered serious enough to act.

bundah said :

Stevian said :

gazket said :

here is a tip. Just knock one of them out right at the start. 2 to go. They will probably piss there pants and run

Assault, not to mention they could probably beat the crap out of you, Big Man

Ah no in that circumstance one could quite rightly claim self-defence.There is a proverb,attack is the best form of defence.

Proverb? I thought it was the motto of the Australian Army.

Comic_and_Gamer_Nerd4:55 pm 20 Mar 13

bundah said :

Girt_Hindrance said :

gazket said :

here is a tip. Just knock one of them out right at the start. 2 to go. They will probably piss there pants and run

I had a similar incident the night four guys of early twenties tried to roll me. I kept my wallet and phone but ended up with a couple of broken ribs. Snatched the baton from the weakest POS and swung it like a madman and they went running.
Took the details to the cop shop the next day, description, car make and model and partial rego although the Police didn’t even take a report. My main concern was that being at least 6’2″, they’d pick on someone smaller next time.

Are you seriously saying that after reporting the assault and attempted robbery the boys in blue fobbed you off? For if that is actually the case then that is absolutely pathetic and totally unacceptable.

Why so surprised?

bundah said :

Girt_Hindrance said :

gazket said :

here is a tip. Just knock one of them out right at the start. 2 to go. They will probably piss there pants and run

I had a similar incident the night four guys of early twenties tried to roll me. I kept my wallet and phone but ended up with a couple of broken ribs. Snatched the baton from the weakest POS and swung it like a madman and they went running.
Took the details to the cop shop the next day, description, car make and model and partial rego although the Police didn’t even take a report. My main concern was that being at least 6’2″, they’d pick on someone smaller next time.

Are you seriously saying that after reporting the assault and attempted robbery the boys in blue fobbed you off? For if that is actually the case then that is absolutely pathetic and totally unacceptable.

Crime rates are down though.

Girt_Hindrance said :

gazket said :

here is a tip. Just knock one of them out right at the start. 2 to go. They will probably piss there pants and run

I had a similar incident the night four guys of early twenties tried to roll me. I kept my wallet and phone but ended up with a couple of broken ribs. Snatched the baton from the weakest POS and swung it like a madman and they went running.
Took the details to the cop shop the next day, description, car make and model and partial rego although the Police didn’t even take a report. My main concern was that being at least 6’2″, they’d pick on someone smaller next time.

Are you seriously saying that after reporting the assault and attempted robbery the boys in blue fobbed you off? For if that is actually the case then that is absolutely pathetic and totally unacceptable.

Stevian said :

gazket said :

here is a tip. Just knock one of them out right at the start. 2 to go. They will probably piss there pants and run

Assault, not to mention they could probably beat the crap out of you, Big Man

Ah no in that circumstance one could quite rightly claim self-defence.There is a proverb,attack is the best form of defence.

Girt_Hindrance2:48 pm 20 Mar 13

gazket said :

here is a tip. Just knock one of them out right at the start. 2 to go. They will probably piss there pants and run

I had a similar incident the night four guys of early twenties tried to roll me. I kept my wallet and phone but ended up with a couple of broken ribs. Snatched the baton from the weakest POS and swung it like a madman and they went running.
Took the details to the cop shop the next day, description, car make and model and partial rego although the Police didn’t even take a report. My main concern was that being at least 6’2″, they’d pick on someone smaller next time.

breda said :

ACT Policing-speak never fails to raise a chuckle. As I have said before, someone in that office not only has the photos, but also the videos, emails, texts and in this modern era, perhaps even dopey twitters. Nothing else could account for the remarkable combination of illiteracy and opacity that characterises their media releases.

“Around 9.45pm a 33-year-old man was walking home from the Dickson Shops to his address in Hackett when he observed three young men who were allegedly harassing a person ahead of him on the path.”

Plain English – Around 9.45pm a man says that he saw three young men harassing a person (?) [somewhere] (what path? where?).

“Moments later the 33-year-old man was approached by the same three young men and was pushed in the chest. Several threats were made before the men fled the area with a small sum of cash.”

Plain English – The men then then pushed and threatened the witness and stole money from him before fleeing.

Notice that ACT Policing thinks that it is so important that the anonymous witness/victim is 33 years old, that they have to tell us twice. It must be critical to cracking the case.

It must be the other wordsmith today, though, as the gratuitous “has” is not in evidence. As in “The man has walked down the path …”.

I do this every now and then, to try to raise awareness about the amateurish and incompetent face of our local cops. Perhaps I should ride a tricycle backwards to Albury while wearing a tutu, to keep up with the ‘raising awareness’ circus.

Oh well. 🙂

I’ll tell you what raises a chuckle: pseudo intellectuals trying to appear smarter than they actually are. Your writing style is abysmal and your criticism puerile and pointless at best. Maybe you should apply for a gig with the police media team.

unclebill said :

The report neglected to mention that the victim has cerebral palsy & an intellectual disability ie an “easy target”.

But we do know that he was 33 years old, and as Breda said – this must be key to cracking the case. Again, I think the report is a poor description of the whole saga (I’d like to know how close to Hackett this all happened).

Either way, the information that the victim has a disability is truly a terrible reflection on the nature of this crime and in the minds of most would probably augment the severity of what has otherwise been reported as a run-of-the-mill mugging involving local scum bags.

I belted the guy closest to me. He dropped like a stone.

That’s a half done community service, and also technically just self-defence.

You should have followed it up with a bit more belting to this feral as a deterrent.
He would have thanked you for it.

The report neglected to mention that the victim has cerebral palsy & an intellectual disability ie an “easy target”.

Stevian said :

gazket said :

here is a tip. Just knock one of them out right at the start. 2 to go. They will probably piss there pants and run

Assault, not to mention they could probably beat the crap out of you, Big Man

Tell you what, you give us your address and phone number, and before we choose to defend ourselves, we’ll offer those details to the crims and give them the option of robbing you instead.

gazket said :

here is a tip. Just knock one of them out right at the start. 2 to go. They will probably piss there pants and run

Yep. I’m not a tough guy or a fighter, but it would be on for young and old the moment I got pushed.

gazket said :

here is a tip. Just knock one of them out right at the start. 2 to go. They will probably piss there pants and run

Assault, not to mention they could probably beat the crap out of you, Big Man

ACT Policing-speak never fails to raise a chuckle. As I have said before, someone in that office not only has the photos, but also the videos, emails, texts and in this modern era, perhaps even dopey twitters. Nothing else could account for the remarkable combination of illiteracy and opacity that characterises their media releases.

“Around 9.45pm a 33-year-old man was walking home from the Dickson Shops to his address in Hackett when he observed three young men who were allegedly harassing a person ahead of him on the path.”

Plain English – Around 9.45pm a man says that he saw three young men harassing a person (?) [somewhere] (what path? where?).

“Moments later the 33-year-old man was approached by the same three young men and was pushed in the chest. Several threats were made before the men fled the area with a small sum of cash.”

Plain English – The men then then pushed and threatened the witness and stole money from him before fleeing.

Notice that ACT Policing thinks that it is so important that the anonymous witness/victim is 33 years old, that they have to tell us twice. It must be critical to cracking the case.

It must be the other wordsmith today, though, as the gratuitous “has” is not in evidence. As in “The man has walked down the path …”.

I do this every now and then, to try to raise awareness about the amateurish and incompetent face of our local cops. Perhaps I should ride a tricycle backwards to Albury while wearing a tutu, to keep up with the ‘raising awareness’ circus.

Oh well. 🙂

I have seen kids matching this description hanging around the Hackett shops numerous times. I think they live either in the vicinity of Madigan Street Hackett or Antill Street Watson. I think I will be putting in a call to Crimestoppers this morning…

thebrownstreak696:44 am 20 Mar 13

gazket said :

here is a tip. Just knock one of them out right at the start. 2 to go. They will probably piss there pants and run

I agree. The one holding the stick would be a good start.

And I bet their parents know exactly who to blame: the police! Low life children of low life scum.

Comic_and_Gamer_Nerd8:20 pm 19 Mar 13

INB4 IRISH PETE

here is a tip. Just knock one of them out right at the start. 2 to go. They will probably piss there pants and run

Some consistency would be good in these reports.13-16 year olds are not ‘young men’, they’re children or as stated at the end ‘juveniles’. Still, very good descriptions; crooked teeth, chubby face ..

obamabinladen4:56 pm 19 Mar 13

These little s***bags need to be put down like a vicious dog would be. If they have parents who are alive then the parents need to be punished for bringing up such germs!!!

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