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Nelson Weekly Locally Owned and Operated

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‘They copy what’s on TV’ Brittany Spencer Reporter

reporter@nelsonlive.co.nz

A hammer and knives have been used to rob two local dairies over the past week and the offenders are getting the idea to do it from television, says the region’s area

commander for police. The NPD Hira Store was robbed on Friday last week and just two days later the Roto St Dairy was also targeted. In both cases the offenders were young and they were arrested not long after the crimes. Inspector Mat Arnold-Kelly says

there is a growing trend of robberies in Nelson, with five businesses targeted in a similar way since the start of the year. “It’s a very worrying trend, not just locally, but also nationally. And youths are telling us that they are emulating behaviour on TV. It seems to be a bit of a common

theme, they see reports of robberies in places like Auckland and think ‘we’ll give it a go’.” At the first robbery in Hira, store owner Rakesh Bandi should have been celebrating his one year anniversary at the business, instead, he had aggressive teenagers waving hammers in his face and de-

manding cash and cigarettes. Rakesh says it was just after 8am when the group of four drove a stolen car to his station. “I was just behind the counter and suddenly they came in screaming at the top of their voices, ‘Oh you

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CHOIRS AT CATHEDRAL: Te Manawa singer Cher Williscroft sang to a sold out audience at the 8 Choirs by Candlelight concert in the Nelson Christ Church Cathedral on Saturday night. Eight choirs from Blenheim, Golden Bay, Motueka and Nelson all performed, mixing surround sound melodies and harmonies with songs from around the world. Photo: Brittany Spencer.

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