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Urine thrown at girl
A SCHOOLGIRL waiting for a bus in Cheltenham was shocked when the person behind her splattered urine and faeces on her uniform, 4.20pm, Tuesday 19 July. The girl, 14, was standing in line in Charman Rd when a person “of transgender appearance” threw the waste at her without warning. The girl said her attacker looked “shocked” immediately afterwards and then ran off north towards the station. Nothing was said between them. The girl called her mother to report the incident and police were notified. The attacker is described as 165170cm, wearing a brown wig with black headband, pink jumper, brown skirt and black shoes. The girl’s clothing has been sent to the police forensic unit at McLeod for testing. Police are examining CCTV footage from nearby shops to help identify the offender.
Hard at it: Action from the weekend’s rugby union 7s tournament at Seaford’s Riveria Park. Picture: Gary Sissons
Forging new unions for rugby THE SPORT of rugby union may not be as popular as the AFL football powerhouse in Victoria but a Seaford-based club is spreading the word about the game in the south east. Southern Districts Rugby Club will host Viva 7s Rugby at Rivera Park on Thursday 11 August, 6pm and are offering a ‘come and try session’ for 16 year olds and over to try the game. The club also hopes to increase female participation in rugby union to reform a women’s 7s team after a threeyear gap. “The game is a combined male and female exercise with seven players per side partaking in seven minute halves
game time,” club president Rob Hunter said. Souths hosted a Masters Rugby tournament featuring eight clubs on Saturday (23 July). “We had two father and son combinations with Ash and Karl Dix in the second row of the scrum and Fohe Tuipulotu and Melbourne Rebel son Sione combining in the centres,” Mr Hunter said. “Sione Tuipulotu recently returned from Manchester, England with the Australian Under 20 side which finished sixth at the Rugby World Championship. “One place better than with his initial involvement with the team in Italy last year.”
Souths is the lone Dewar Shield team on the Mornington Peninsula and members come from as far south as Portsea, east to Casey and north through Kingston. Three senior teams play in Dewar Shield top three grades. Junior teams range from Under 6s through to under 16s. “A major coup for the club is again hosting the Victorian Junior Grand Finals on Saturday 10 September after successfully staging the event the past two seasons,” Mr Hunter said. See southerndistrictsrugby.club online for full details of upcoming tournaments and club events. Neil Walker
Cyclist ‘slapped’ A FEMALE cyclist almost came off her bike when slapped on the buttock by a passenger in a passing car, noon, Wednesday 20 July. The Hampton woman was riding north along Nepean Hwy, Carrum, at about 35kph when she says she felt a hand slap her buttock. She looked up to see a maroon Holden utility with three people aboard driving past at about 40kph.The force of the slap “caused a sudden jolt and nearly threw her off the bike”, Chelsea police said later. The woman stopped and rang triple
zero and gave a description of the ute and its registration details to Chelsea police. Soon after, a police van intercepted a ute matching the description in Parkdale. The description of the man who allegedly slapped the woman matched the description of the rear passenger. A 16-year-old, of Frankston, has been released pending summons for assault-related offences.
Townhouse burgled A TWO-storey townhouse in Carrum was burgled while the owner slept on undisturbed, 10pm, Thursday 21 July. Police believe the offenders jemmied a rear sliding door with a screwdriver, then ransacked cupboards and draws in the lower level stealing jewellery, iPad, iPhone and camera. They then tried to steal a black Lexus parked in the garage of the Nepean Hwy property but it has no battery and would not start. Anyone with information should call Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000.
Knives found
CHELSEA police found two knives in a passenger’s handbag when they pulled over a car being driven erratically in Wells Rd, Chelsea Heights early on Sunday. The man driving the car was also found to be disqualified. Police said both occupants admitted to using drugs and the passenger consented to a search where two pocket knives were found in a handbag at 2.50am.
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