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Soccer star wants medals back SCOTTISH soccer star Stuart Munro is appealing for the return of medals he won during a distinguished playing career in the UK. The Mt Eliza resident’s home was burgled recently and medals awarded to him during a successful seven-and-a-half-year stint with Scottish giants Rangers were among the items stolen. “They got away with stuff that they probably could move on fairly easily, like my TV and my laptop, but the medals are my main concern,” Munro said. “Although they are probably not worth much in gold value they hold great personal value for me. “There were a couple of Scottish championship medals, a couple of League Cup
winner’s medals, all in small blue boxes, and a larger medal in a red velvet box which was a Champions’ Cup medal [for] when we beat Everton in Dubai in the mid80s.” Munro played as a semi-professional with St Mirren and Alloa in Scotland before joining Rangers as a full-time professional in February 1984. He played 228 games for the Glasgow club, including European Cup matches against Inter Milan, Bayern Munich and Red Star Belgrade. He won four Scottish Premier League titles and four League Cup medals during this period. In July 1991 he transferred to Blackburn Rovers for a fee of around $600,000, spent two-and-a-half seasons with Bristol City
then kicked off his coaching career with Falkirk. He came to Australia in 1997 to take up a contract with Sydney-based Blacktown City and has also coached Australian National League sides Carlton, South Melbourne and Gippsland Falcons. He has also been assistant coach of A-League outfit Perth Glory. Munro also coached Victorian Premier League sides Oakleigh Cannons and Dandenong Thunder and was named VPL Coach of the Year in 2006 and 2009. He became the inaugural senior coach of women’s club Southern United this year and recently returned to the men’s game as head coach of Dandenong City. Craig MacKenzie
Swimmer all at sea on way to concert
Car set ablaze A MOLOTOV cocktail was thrown onto the bonnet of a car in Faygate Ct, Frankston, last week, setting it ablaze. Senior Constable Jarrad Brookman, of Frankston CIU, said neighbours heard a loud bang as the heat of the blaze “popped” the Holden Commodore’s windscreen, 3.40am, Monday 14 November. One neighbour ran outside and used his hose to fight the fire, but the blaze had spread. The car was a write-off. There appears to be no motive for the attack, Detective Brookman said. Anyone with information is urged to call Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000.
Servo ram raid CASH and cigarettes were stolen by two men who ram-raided the front doors of the Langwarrin Coles Express service station, 3.56am, Sunday 13 November. The men in a stolen black Celica coupe drove back past police along on Frankston-Cranbourne Rd and through a red light, almost hitting a motorcyclist, as they made their getaway. Police did not chase the car which was later reported as being seen in Cranbourne.
Truck off THE driver of a stolen tip-truck “did a runner” from police on FrankstonDandenong Rd, Carrum Downs, last week. Senior Sergeant Justin Watson, of Frankston police, said an unmarked car’s crew spotted the truck near Glasscocks Rd, Bangholme, 2.20am, Thursday 10 November, and indicated it should pull over. The truck driver stopped but then suddenly reversed back and “took off”. Because of the size and speed of the vehicle, police did not chase it. Anyone with information is urged to call Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000.
Give them back: Stuart Munro is appealing for return of medals.
Stephen Taylor steve@baysidenews.com.au A DISORIENTATED swimmer struggling in the water about one and a half kilometres off Frankston beach put up a fight when police arrived to rescue him, Friday 11 November. The 32-year-old Frankston freestyler had other ideas: he was intent on making it to “a concert” in St Kilda – 40km away – and did not take kindly to efforts by Senior Constables Julie Edge and Paul Follett, of Frankston police, to haul him aboard. Earlier, onlookers at Frankston pier raised the alarm when they saw the fully clothed man climb down into the water and swim off into the distance. “Pretty soon he was out of sight and it came across our radio as a possible drowning,” said Senior Constable Edge, who is also a recently elected Mornington Peninsula Shire councillor in Watson ward. With emergency services craft 90 minutes away at Williamstown, too far off to be of any help, the senior constables accepted the generous offer of two local fishermen to ferry them out to the recalcitrant swimmer. A jet skier keen to assist rode ahead to look out for the man and kept in contact with the police using his mobile phone. Senior Constable Edge said she told the jet skier to “keep his distance” when he reported back that the swimmer was refusing offers of assistance. “I didn’t want him getting pulled in too,” she said. When police arrived on scene the man
On look out: Police would like to speak to a man and woman, above, involved in an altercation with an elderly man in Beach St.
Elderly man attacked at shops POLICE have released CCTV images of a man they believe assaulted an elderly man in a Frankston shopping centre in July. The 70-year-old victim, of Frankston South, was leaving a Beach St shopping centre when a woman bumped into him about 1pm. The victim spoke to the woman and they started to argue. Without warning, another man ran at the victim and punched him on the side of the head, knocking him unconscious. Senior Constable Alistair Parsons said the man and woman ran from the
shopping centre before police arrived. The images show the man to be aged in his 20s, solid build, with dark coloured hair. At the time of the incident, he was wearing a yellow hivis zip-up hoodie and dark pants with white shoes. The woman is aged in her early 20s, thin build, red hair and wearing black framed glasses. She was wearing burgundy pants, black sneakers and a black jacket. Anyone with any information should submit a confidential crime report to crimestoppersvic.com.au or call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Arrest over 70 robberies A MAN suspected of up to 70 burglaries on factories and commercial premises in the Frankston, Dandenong and Casey areas was arrested last week. Detective Senior Constable Jason Hamilton-Smith, of Frankston CIU, will allege the man raided 30-40 premises in Frankston and on the Mornington Peninsula from September up until his arrest, Wednesday 9 November. The robberies included small cash amounts and miscellaneous items taken late at night and in the early mornings using stolen cars. Detective Hamilton-Smith agreed the man was something of a “Lone Ranger” and said stolen property was found at his address. A 24-year-old Cranbourne man has been remanded in custody to appear at Dandenong Magistrates’ Court, 30 November. Another man living at the address was charged with handling stolen goods and drug offences.
Rescuer: Senior Constable Julie Edge, above, dragged a reluctant swimmer out of the sea off Frankston pier. Pic: Yanni
was about two kilometres out and not going well; he also rejected their offer of help. She described him as “argumentative”. “He refused to come aboard; he didn’t want a bar of that,” she said. “He said he was swimming to St Kilda and that he was fine, but, by his answers, I could see he clearly was not fine and was certainly not going to make it all that way. “By what he was saying about being “nearly there” [St Kilda] I could tell he was affected by alcohol or drugs and not really with it.” Senior Constable Edge, a former competitive triathlete, said she “gave the man about 15 seconds to think about it and then jumped in and brought him aboard”. Back on shore, the man who claimed he was a former competition swimmer was taken by ambulance to Frankston Hospital with a low core temperature and treated for hypothermia.
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