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Scouts decamp in revamp
Police patrol Seaford burglar sought FRANKSTON police are appealing for public help following an aggravated burglary in Seaford earlier this month. Investigators have been told a man broke into an apartment on Nepean Highway about 6.30am on Sunday 14 May. The victim woke when she heard a thud at the top of her stairs. She went to investigate and confronted a man standing at the top of the stairs. She yelled at the man and he left the property without taking anything. The offender is believed to be in his 50s with a thin build, grey spikey hair and dishevelled in appearance.
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Hunt for bashing co-offender ONE of two men who bashed a Frankston woman in a savage home invasion two years ago was sentenced to six and a half years jail in the Melbourne Country Court on 9 May. Detective Senior Constable Flyn Loughlin, of Frankston CIU, said the 30-year-old, of Frankston, was convicted on charges of recklessly causing serious injury, false imprisonment and theft over the attack which occurred at 10pm, 29 July 2015. However, his co-offender in the crime – in which the Karingal woman, 50, received serious head and facial injuries – is still at large and police are determined to catch him. Detective Loughlin said the men bound the woman after she answered a knock on her door, then forced their way inside. They kicked and punched her to the head and body, knocked her down, caused facial fractures, and
even attempted to strangle her. The men made off with the woman’s TV set – possibly a “red herring” to trick detectives into thinking their motive was robbery – and fled. Detective Loughlin would not elaborate on other, more plausible, reasons for the attack. The woman managed to call 000 and alert police and an ambulance which took her to Frankston Hospital where she is still receiving treatment. Extensive investigations using DNA evidence left at the scene led to the convicted man being interviewed and charged by Detective Loughlin in November – almost 18 months after the attack. He has refused to name his accomplice but police are hopeful of a break though and appeal to members of the public with information to come forward.
A SCOUTS group says it had planned to “Be Prepared” to move from a hall at Carrum Downs Recreation Reserve but talks with Frankston Council about help to relocate became muddied amid claims from council that the Scouts had turned down offers of help. A $3.8 million community sporting pavilion in a revamp of Carrum Downs Recreation Reserve was announced amid much fanfare earlier this month without mention of the demolition of a hall used by 1st Carrum Downs Scouts for about the past four decades. A new pavilion will host play for Skye Football Club, Carrum Downs Junior Football Club and Carrum Downs Auskick. Carrum Downs Scouts group leader Ryan Unsworth said some parents had made their disquiet about the Scouts’ imminent eviction next month known on Facebook. “Both parties are now sitting back and looking at it and saying ‘we need to work together now’,” Mr Unsworth told The Times. “We’re here to stay in Carrum Downs, we’re continuing to grow and we’re looking to a new facility to potentially have 250 or more new members that we can’t sustain in our current location.” Frankston mayor Cr Brian Cunial put
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