Page 1635 - Week 06 - Tuesday, 3 June 2014
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But it must be hard for those without a garage.
Miranda said:
Everyone in my family has had it done to them.
David said that his trailer tyres were slashed twice. He said:
Police just shrug their shoulders. What if there is an emergency and a family can’t get … out?
Carmen has moved to Narrabundah after 16 years away, and she said that when she last lived in Narrabundah in her share house they could not fit all three cars in the driveway and whoever parked on the street would be slashed. She was sad to hear that it is still a problem today.
Joan said:
We had our car done in the driveway. Fr Steve at the church has had his tyres done repeatedly.
She said that it is not fair.
Kate said that her car was slashed while she was eating at the Narrabundah shops. She said it was really confronting.
One military member drove to Bungendore on a slow-leaking tyre caused by the slasher. If the tyre had given out or blown out on that drive, it would probably have caused a serious accident. In 2012, in a similar incident in the UK, a woman died in an accident like that, the puncture in her tyre having been caused by a prior incident. In that case, her death was treated by the courts as manslaughter. These are very serious matters and the government should appropriately deal with them.
Peter’s wife has watched the slasher slash their tyres, but she was too afraid to approach him. They have installed cameras and motion detectors, but apparently the camera footage may not be clear enough for a conviction.
Elissa is a plumber who has had 15 tyres slashed since 2003. Six of them were truck tyres costing $1,200 each. She now has to park on the verge to keep her tyres safer, and she receives fines for parking there. It shows a complete breakdown of governance that this is how she has to live.
Chris emailed last night to ask that his name be added to the petition.
Sophi is calling for vigilante action because residents have in some cases lost the hope that this person will be stopped.
Kevin said in an email last night:
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