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Tough new laws yet to show in crime figures

Marathon girl’s moving target WHEN Mt Eliza student Zoe Craig, right, decided to try to raise $500 for mental health programs by signing up for the Melbourne Half Marathon on October 26, she hadn’t planned on reaching her limit so quickly. Within a day of starting her fundraising just a few weeks ago, the 17-year-old student had exceeded her original goal and increased her target to $1000. That too was reached within days, and the amount has increased steadily to now sit at just over $1700. “My goal is now $2000 but, with a month to go, hopefully I will have to change that too,” she said. Zoe, who is in year 11 at the Peninsula School, decided to run the race to raise awareness of mental health after the experience of a close family friend. Having also seen some of her peers struggle with the difficulties of mental illness, Zoe will donate the money she raises to Headspace, an organisation that runs programs and education for young people with mental health issues. “I think mental health, particularly in young people, is a big issue and really under-reported,” she said. Combining a gruelling training schedule that includes running 10 kilometres every weekend with her heavy school workload and basketball commitments hasn’t dampened Zoe’s enthusiasm for the task ahead. “I think doing the marathon for a cause makes it much more rewarding”. Donations can be made at: melbournemarathon2016.gofundraise. com.au/page/ZoeCraig Liz bell

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CRIME in Frankston and Mornington Peninsula is on the rise, with sex crimes, burglary and drug-related offences all increasing in the past 12 months. Overall crime in Frankston has risen 12.5 per cent in the last financial year, while the peninsula’s reported crime is up 9.6 per cent. In Frankston, sex offences increased by 70 per cent to 481, burglary and break and enter was up 24.6 per cent to 1180, and drug dealing and trafficking up almost 25 per cent to 242. Of the 79 local government areas in the state, 75 had an increase in crime over the past 12 months. Frankston’s neighbouring cities of Casey and Cardinia also had a bad year, with close to 20 per cent more crime than last year. Frankston MP Paul Edbrooke said the increase was why the government had given police new powers and more resources to crackdown on violent crime, youth offending and family violence. “There are more operations and targeted efforts to catch criminals, with police making more arrests and charging more offenders,” he said. He said “operation cosmas” had made more than 180 arrests for violent crime since May, including ringleaders. Mr Edbrooke said 19 PCOs were now employed at Frankston to free up

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police from the desk and get them back on the beat. In response to an alarming incidence of carjacking and home invasions tough new laws have been introduced this year. Carjacking carries a maximum penalty of 15 years, while aggravated carjacking a minimum of three years and maximum of 25 years. Home invasion carries a maximum penalty of 25 years and aggravated home invasion attracts a minimum non-parole period of three years. The number of offences across the state was 535,826, up 13.4 per cent from last year, with robbery up 14.2 per cent, theft up 19.2 per cent and public nuisance offences up 30 per cent. Shadow police minister Edward O'Donohue said more police were needed.

Portsea assault POLICE are looking for two witnesses who may have filmed an assault outside the Portsea hotel mid-year. Police said a fight between a 23-year-old man and four security staff on Sunday 12 June may have been filmed by the man and woman. The victim was hit in the face and knocked unconscious before falling onto the road. He was taken to hospital with serious injuries. Police interviewed a 27-year-old Frankston man who has been released pending further inquiries.


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